To encourage you to deposit money which they can invest and make more off of.
because the bank lends money out at a higher interest rate
Debit interest on loanCredit cash / bank
Bond could for instance be if you lend money to the government. They would pay you an interest like if you would pay an interest in the bank.
The term pay interest is usually used along with loan accounts. This is the charge/money you pay a bank for the lending facility they have extended to you. For Ex: If I borrow USD 1000 from a bank @ 5% rate of interest per year, I have pay $50 as interest every year to the bank for the $1000 loan they gave me. If I plan on paying it in 10 equal installments, I will pay $105 every month for 10 months to repay the $1050 I owe the bank. Here the $5 I pay every month can be considered as "Paying Interest on my Loan Account"
That money earns interest when the bank loans it out.
do you have to pay interest on a band overdraft ?
The bank is paying you (compensating you) for the use of your money. When you borrow money from the bank, you pay them interest.
Yes but it depends on the bank.
because the bank lends money out at a higher interest rate
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Debit interest on loanCredit cash / bank
Bond could for instance be if you lend money to the government. They would pay you an interest like if you would pay an interest in the bank.
The term pay interest is usually used along with loan accounts. This is the charge/money you pay a bank for the lending facility they have extended to you. For Ex: If I borrow USD 1000 from a bank @ 5% rate of interest per year, I have pay $50 as interest every year to the bank for the $1000 loan they gave me. If I plan on paying it in 10 equal installments, I will pay $105 every month for 10 months to repay the $1050 I owe the bank. Here the $5 I pay every month can be considered as "Paying Interest on my Loan Account"
Generally, yes.
That money earns interest when the bank loans it out.
Yes. The interest earned by the bank is revenue to the bank and the interest paid by the bank to its deposit customers is revenue for the customer. Either ways it is considered an income or revenue. And, the person earning this revenue is liable to pay taxes for it.
Basically, it is about the savings-investment process. The accumulated fund from individual savers are used by the bank on their other financial services which is called loan. In essence, they generate interest from loan and they pay interest on individuals' savings.