How Banks Make Money: The Spread Explained

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Deposits paying under 2 percent sit against loans yielding 5 to 8 percent, and the gap between them gets a name, the spread, before the deck works full revenue math on a $1 billion bank. Fees and investment income round out the smaller two revenue streams.

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