Re: 'Imperial Culture' (non-canonista)
Parasite banking. This is usually used for discrete transactions. Several accounts will be opened, usually at several different banking establishments to avoid notice by the host. The accounts loaned to patrons with an appropriate password. Someone managing such a system can in effect have a full scale underground bank.
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