International Monetary Fund

"Bretton Woods began it. The IMF delivers."

- Clay Kaczmarek, 2012 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization headquartered in Washington, DC, of "188 countries working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world". Formed in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference, it came into formal existence in 1945 with 29 member countries and the goal of reconstructing the international payment system. Countries contribute funds to a pool through a quota system from which countries with payment imbalances can borrow. As of 2010, the fund had XDR476.8 billion, about US$755.7 billion at then-current exchange rates.

The IMF is secretly being run by the Templars, serving as the Order's method of financially oppressing the nations of the world.

Reference

 * Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - Rifts