What do the bank rates depend on?
Over two years past the banking world has been shaken by the global financial crisis. Typically, banks get the money from various sources, and then lend this money to their customers at a higher rate than they paid for it. Is how a bank makes money.
Much of the bank’s funds comes from their deposit accounts. Transaction accounts, time deposits and other investment accounts take money from the Reserve Bank, and they have account to funds from other banks, both at home and around the world.
Generally, the cost of money to the Reserve Bank determines to what extent a bank will charge its customers. Read more…