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{{Quote|On the planet of Zaonce the miserable masses slave for the planet-wide Bank of Zaonce, filling tedious hours buying stocks and shares, selling high and low like robots, receiving none of the gains they make.|<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180722150842/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edrpg/elite-dangerous-role-playing-game Kickstarter: Elite: Dangerous Role Playing Game (ED RPG)], through archive.org</ref>}} | {{Quote|On the planet of Zaonce the miserable masses slave for the planet-wide Bank of Zaonce, filling tedious hours buying stocks and shares, selling high and low like robots, receiving none of the gains they make.|<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180722150842/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edrpg/elite-dangerous-role-playing-game Kickstarter: Elite: Dangerous Role Playing Game (ED RPG)], through archive.org</ref>}} | ||
The '''Bank of Zaonce''' | The '''Bank of Zaonce''' is a galactic banking institution founded and headquartered in the [[Zaonce]] system. It is the primary institution responsible for regulating and storing the universal currency; [[Credits]] (CR). This is used by all [[Commander|commanders]] and other people to buy [[ships]], fund insurance on ship rebuys, ship modifications, cargo and trade [[commodities]]. Zaonce is considered systemically important as the most successful and largest bank in the galaxy by market capitalization. It is classified as a [[Mega Corporation|mega corporation]]. Any severe instability at the bank could ripple across the galactic financial system. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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On June 7, 3305, a senior director of the Bank of Zaonce was implicated in the illegal diversion of bank assets to the re-election campaign of [[President of the Alliance|Alliance President]] [[Gibson Kincaid]]. Kincaid was also exposed as the mastermind of a far-reaching conspiracy to establish himself as the supreme ruler of the Alliance.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5cf7db72967af53dca26db3b GalNet: President Kincaid’s Conspiracy Exposed]</ref> On June 13, Kincaid was removed from office by the [[Alliance Assembly]]. [[Interpol|Alliance Interpol]] apprehended him, as well as the unnamed senior Bank of Zaonce director and several other conspirators, on June 13, and charged them with treason, murder, and corruption.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5d0239210af2d9467f36c791 GalNet: President Kincaid Impeached]</ref> | On June 7, 3305, a senior director of the Bank of Zaonce was implicated in the illegal diversion of bank assets to the re-election campaign of [[President of the Alliance|Alliance President]] [[Gibson Kincaid]]. Kincaid was also exposed as the mastermind of a far-reaching conspiracy to establish himself as the supreme ruler of the Alliance.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5cf7db72967af53dca26db3b GalNet: President Kincaid’s Conspiracy Exposed]</ref> On June 13, Kincaid was removed from office by the [[Alliance Assembly]]. [[Interpol|Alliance Interpol]] apprehended him, as well as the unnamed senior Bank of Zaonce director and several other conspirators, on June 13, and charged them with treason, murder, and corruption.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5d0239210af2d9467f36c791 GalNet: President Kincaid Impeached]</ref> | ||
== '''In-game presence''' == | |||
You cannot physically walk into a branch or manually deposit money. However, your entire credit balance in the upper right corner of your HUD is structurally backed and managed by Zaonce. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||