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1718627440 • yesterday at 3:19 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Not the person, but I think a corporation, whose main business is or a sizable part of the business is, that hands out money that you then owe them, is called a bank.


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SJC_Hacker • today at 2:58 AM

No, banks are something fundamentally different, If you loan someone else your own money, you are just a creditor. What makes banks special is they loan out other peoples money (deposits)