Banks money making patterns are deeper than we actually think. We here help bank in making a lot of money with the funds we make available to them but it is disguised as vice versa. Banks make money from one of the following ways:
- fee-based income
- capital markets income
- interest income
FEE BASED INCOME Banks can charge you for using their services which most of the time they term it maintenance services or tax. for examples:
- credit card fees
- checking your balance
- Account maintenance fee
- ATM maintenance fee
They charge you for virtually everything you do with them. when you buy shares from them, they make money by selling the shares to you, and also make more money from you by managing your investment. Literally, everything done with bank must find a way designed by them to attract more favour for themselves.
CAPITAL MARKETS INCOMECapital markets are provisions where banks lure individuals to invest in one or two types of securities:
EQUITY and
DEBT securities. With EQUITY security funds being traded on various stock and exchange markets. You are entitled only to a "small" portion of the earnings in the nearest future
while DEBT securities are cast on bonds. A bond is still your money loaned by a bank with a standing agreement on the repayment patterns, often with good interests. these interests can be fixed or dynamic in nature. The monies are borrowed out to government agencies or organizations that need them.
the deal here is that banks still get the king share of your own money they borrowed from you.
INTERST INCOMECommonest way banks make money. This is still the same money we deposit in the banks for safety and later retrieval. Banks trade with these money by lending it out to individuals at higher interest rates and return slim or insignificant profit to the depositors. Banks thrive from this means because people are readily available to deposit money as well as those waiting in their numbers to borrow money and repay at high interest margin. Banks are left to deal with the credit risk and ensure those debts are repaid.
There are still many other ways that they make money like Custodian fees, Private properties management, checking accounts, minimum balance fees, overdraft fees, remita fees. these all fall into one or more of the above broad categories