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                    [Title] => Blog: Why I still believe in saving in a bank
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Thirty years ago, I heard that interest rates from the banking system were about 20% per year. Back then, it seemed to make perfect sense to deposit money in the bank. As discussed before, interest is the price of money, and interest revenue represents the price that a bank pays for the use of your money when you deposit. In simplified terms, banks channel money by accepting deposits from clients and lending to businesses and consumers. Banks charge a higher interest to those who borrow, and pay part of this interest to clients.

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Last week, we wrote about the biggest conglomerates in the country while profiling their constituent businesses (The big boys, June 6, 2011). For this article, we will focus on the country’s biggest banks and on some of the metrics that we use to better understand them.

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                    [Title] => Blog: Why I still believe in saving in a bank
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Thirty years ago, I heard that interest rates from the banking system were about 20% per year. Back then, it seemed to make perfect sense to deposit money in the bank. As discussed before, interest is the price of money, and interest revenue represents the price that a bank pays for the use of your money when you deposit. In simplified terms, banks channel money by accepting deposits from clients and lending to businesses and consumers. Banks charge a higher interest to those who borrow, and pay part of this interest to clients.

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Last week, we wrote about the biggest conglomerates in the country while profiling their constituent businesses (The big boys, June 6, 2011). For this article, we will focus on the country’s biggest banks and on some of the metrics that we use to better understand them.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1781272 [AuthorName] => Valentino Sy [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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