Fiction:InterGalactic Bank of the Core

The InterGalactic Bank of the Core (often abreviated to IGBC, is a massive banking conglomerate and the largest financial institution of the Core Federation. The Bank, also called the First Bank of the Core and The Bank of the Core, the bank is a private Ravenrii enterprise that is under the control of the CorFed's government, the Silver Ministry. It is the single largest financial business in the Federation, and holds a monopoly in the trade and finance sectors of the Federation. Though the bank is a private business, it usually follows the advice of the Silver Ministry's Ministry of Finance. The bank is headquartered in planet Concentron, galactic capital of the Xanthrus Spiral Galaxy, but has since spread to other galaxies. The bank is one of the Federation's Great Five, its largest organizations that handle teh Federation's major affairs., and is in charge of financial affairs.

History and Purpose
The InterGalactic Bank of the Core was founded in planet Concentron in the galaxy of Xanthrus, in the Fourth Age (a billion years ago), to fund the Federation's many governmental, military, and research spendings. It was created after the High Court of the Core ordered the reorganizing of all of the Federation's organizations, and all of the CorFed's banks became a single conglomerate, the modern Bank of the Core. The bank has since expanded into 25 foreign galaxies along with the Federation's 25 Commonwealth Realms. It is a financial services congolmerate, which means that is specializes in many different spects of banking (i.e. trust funds, governmental investment, private capital funds, general and specific insurance, and private and public investment). It is the wealthiest and largest conglomerate of the Federation, and a major financial institution in teh known universe. '''The bank manages all of the CorFed's currency exchange rates, mints its currency, maintains the state treasury, and controls the economic measures and sanctionsiin Federation systems. All trade that goes through any single Federation link is overseen by the bank itself.

Status
The Bank is generally believed to be controlled or at least widely influenced by the Federation's government, though most of its stocks are owned by the important Royal House of Varlionnon, one of the Federation's noble families.

The bank is widely attributed as the main investor of the Federation's largest starship manufacturer, CoreFleet Systems. It is one of teh Federation's Great Five, its five largest organizations, which manage the Federation's affairs (government, financial, research, ship manufacturing and utilities). The bank also fully fund teh Federation's government and the two other Great Five, CorEnergies and the Spectrum Design Collective ( which manage utilities and research affairs, respectively).

Subsidiaries and Firms
The InterGalactic Bank of the Core is a massive conglomerate that owns several other banks and technology firms within the Federation, including shipwrights for the Bank's staff.The following are subsidiaries or firms of the IGBC.


 * Atalavra'essa Shipwrights
 * Carprana heavy Engineering
 * SilverTech Technologies, Incorporated
 * Silver Banking Clan of the Core Federation
 * Grotta Financial Services, Incorporated
 * First Bank of Xanthrus
 * Bank of Concentron
 * Silver Banks Insurance, Incorporated
 * Bank of Centrus
 * First Bank of Coalitha