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- From: drw@euler.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley)
- Subject: Re: Starting a Bank
- In-Reply-To: bill@kean.ucs.mun.ca's message of 30 Dec 92 13:57:25 GMT
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 05:51:51 GMT
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- It seems like the real problem with starting a bank isn't the
- paperwork (you can always hire a lawyer to take care of that), but
- rather the basic problem of "How are you going to make it pay?" The
- existing banks may not be nice, but they're not stupid. (At least,
- the ones still in business aren't.) Basically, banks make money by
- borrowing it from people at a low interest rate and lending it to
- other people at a higher interest rate. Unfortunately, the people
- with money to lend are getting quite adept at finding the investment
- that will pay the best interest, so the banker's "spread" is getting
- quite small.
-
- Check whether the average bank customer is willing to sacrifice 0.5%
- interest to avoid the features of present banks that you want to
- eliminate...
-
- Dale
-