First Bank of the Continuum, also known as the First Bank, is the state bank of the Commonwealth of Allied Planets acting as the banker of the government, and is also in charge of printing the Commonwealth's currency, the Credit from its headqaurters in Londinium , Mars. Originially founded as the Commonwealth Reserve Bank in 2045, the name was changed in 2085 to coincide with the broadening of the human world. The Bank is the most wealthy banking establishment throughout the 'continuum.