Who says they're not? The average loan-to-deposit ratio for banks in Maine, for example, is 100%. Banks can do this and still have cash on hand by borrowing money from other (usually larger) banks at a low rate, and loaning it to consumers at a higher rate. It's only a problem if a lot of people all decide they want their money at once.
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If banks loaned out all of their deposits, it would be impossible to meet costumers' demands for withdrawls.
Answered by: Arteom
A number of banks and other institutions currently offer no-deposit home loans in Australia. One of the biggest and most popular banks to offer this loan type is RAMS.
Deposit is the opposite of loan. A loan is a service in which a customer borrows money from a bank. Whereas, a deposit is a service in which a customer places the money he has in a bank. Banks usually lend loans using the money that is deposited in their accounts by customers.
The banks loan out the money on deposit at higher rates of interest than they pay the depositors. Since most people keep their savings on deposit for long periods, the banks are able to do this. If everyone came at once and asked for their money, the bank would fail.
They use that money to grant loans to other customers. Any deposit money received by the bank is used to grant loans to customers. The banks charge an interest from the loan customer and pay an interest to the deposit customer. Usually the interest charged to the loan customer is higher than that paid to a deposit customer.
Banks will allow deposits into members' accounts. Get your loan then carry the money to their bank if the payday loan people won't do a direct deposit.