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originally posted by: InhaleExhale
a reply to: ScepticScot
Islamic banking just uses charges/fees rather than interest.
every other bank charge fee's and many more charges + interest on money borrowed on top of that , use the ATM more than a certain times a month, there's a charge,
Deal with a bank teller instead of telephone or internet banking, charged.
Direct debit taken without enough funds, penalized with a fee for not having enough money.
The Idea that debt can't be paid off due to interest is a Myth.
all debt, yes it cannot be paid off because of how it was created.
The debt I have, yeah its easy pay off.
Banking systems vary.
Some countries use mainly fees. Some mainly interest.
originally posted by: InhaleExhale
a reply to: ScepticScot
Banking systems vary.
Yes,
that is what i pointed out with my first post.
Some countries use mainly fees. Some mainly interest.
Banks have branches in numerous differing countries, countries don't dictate if fees or charges will be paid or not, they can try and place legislation that restricts banks from charging certain fees but that's about it
they all charge fee's and all charge interest.
Its the interest rates that are differing in each country but they are also determined by the central banks of those countries which are all follow the regulations set by the BIS, so countries have no say how or how not banks operate once they open up shop.
Countries have a huge amount of influence and control over how banks operate. To suggest otherwise is astonishingly ill informed.
originally posted by: InhaleExhale
a reply to: ScepticScot
Countries have a huge amount of influence and control over how banks operate. To suggest otherwise is astonishingly ill informed.
Nope, very little influence and absolutely no control.
Suggest they do is being informed.
A bank is like any other business, governments being a business or corporation themselves have no control how you go about or operate your business unless you break laws.