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Christians in the Middle Ages and before did not believe in the process of lending money and charging interest for that process, called Usury. It was not against the rules of the Jewish faith to do so, and so they were willing to do it. Therefore, they became the most likely people to lend money to others, because they would receive a percentage of the amount loaned back as a usury fee.

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