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part of the point is to separate the "is a place to deposit and withdraw your money" portion of banking from the "does financial speculation" portion.

• astrange 3y ago
  That's the entire purpose of a bank. The point of a bank is that the customers think they're putting their money in a box, but it's actually loaned out to businesses. If you don't do this, the money supply gets a lot smaller.