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InterGalactic Banking Clan

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based on the planet Muunilinst, this was one of the galaxy's largest, and most profitable, financial institutions of the Old Republic during the years leading up to the Clone Wars. The IBC (other referred to it as the IGBC) had been around for generations at this time, having served the Old Republic throughout most of its history. The first known transcation made by the IBC was the funding of the human colony on Sartinaynian. It made considerable profits through the development and manufacture of currency exchange technologies and infrastructures, especially when many planets throughout the galaxy began to think about seceding from the Republic. The desire on these worlds to have their own currency meant that IBC could step in and help them manage their new currency as well as maintain an up-to-the-minute valuation of the new currency against the Republic Credit. The financial backing for these new currencies came from the rich natural resources of Muunlinst itself, as the smoker volcanoes that dotted its surface continually disgorged valuable ores and minerals for mining. As the Clone Wars engulfed the galaxy, the IBC continued to make a profit by providing financial services to both the Republic and the Separatists. The IBC also financed the resurrection of Durge and General Grievous, actions which San Hill believed made Darth Sidious indebted to the clan. In the upheaval of the Clone Wars and the transition to the New Order, the IBC continued to do business with the galaxy, although much of its operation was nominally controlled by the Empire. While this rankled the government's leaders, it also ensured that the IBC remained the galaxy's pre-eminent financial institution. With the death of Emperor Palpatine at the Battle of Endor, the IBC became the guarantors of the fledgling New Republic, despite protests from the surviving Imperial leaders. The leaders of the IBC correctly reasoned that Imperial grousing amounted to nothing, since any actions by the Imperial Remnant would only devalue the Imperial credit.