A bank exists to make profit just like any other corporate organisation. It is statutorily allowed to trade with its customers’ funds upon meeting its capital adequacy requirement.
My son’s friend in London once asked him; where are you from originally? My son answered Nigeria. He further asked; do you understand and speak Nigerian? My son replied that he understands and speaks IGBO. The boy was taken aback; you said you are from Nigeria; you don’t speak Nigerian but IGBO, so what does that make you?
It was 5th December 2013; a breaking news; an African (a black man) who the world acknowledged that lived a better life than them passed on. That man was Nelson Mandela. He died at the age of 95.