Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “In a small Swiss city sits an international organization so obscure and secretive....Control of the institution, the Bank for International Settlements, lies with some of the world's most powerful and least visible men: the heads of 32 central banks, officials able to shift billions of dollars and alter the course of economies at the stroke of a pen.” ~ Keith Bradsher New York Times bureau chief in Detroit (1996-2001) and Hong Kong (2001- )Source: New York Times, August 5, 1995