Vampyre Banking

Vampires control the major banks of the world, and through them all the minor, lesser banks.  They control loan interest rates, the amounts of loans givne out, they indirectly control the sway of the stock market by giving out loans to businesses and then yanking them back in as they see fit.  They control countries central banks, often allowing them to control the produciton of new money, thus giving them direct power over every citizen in any given country by affecting the very change in their pockets.
Rumor has it that a "council" of sourts exists that is comprised of all the major leaders of the Vampire monetary system, and this is true, but the council is more of a gentleman's club of multi-trillionaires who work together to hedge their bets and knock down rivals.  They have incredibly deep pockets and they have close friends at the highest levels of economic and political power.  
Local banks tend to be entirely human run, mostly, but Vampire "Vizears" often run circuits of banks, businesses, investments, and other functions under the purveiw of the Vampire Banking System.  
In terms of combat, the Vampire Banking System acts indirectly.  Vampires tend to eschew dirty, intense combat, letting others do the fighting for them.  Instead of out-and-out attacking someone, the VBS would freeze banking and credit card accounts, call in all their loans, put their assets up for seizure and government auction, and finally put the person themselves on an APB for misdeamenors or just hire hitmen to kill them outright.  
Category:Lords Of The Night