As a bank that only served high-end clients, there were only sporadic customers on any given day. When had it ever seen a scene like this?
There was no choice, smart people were simply too plentiful. Once they realized the "cash crunch" crisis was spreading, everyone's first reaction was to gather cash.
From an annual interest rate perspective, the interest from the Near East Development Bank was indeed not low, but when broken down into months, it truly wasn't high.
Not everyone was like Tamir, needing to flaunt a tiger's hide to fend off disaster. More people were simply taking out short-term loans for turnover.
With a monthly interest rate of less than two percent, the entire Continent of Aslante couldn't find lower loan rates than these.
If not for the necessity of collateral and a strict vetting process in the Near East Development Bank's lending, money to lend would have likely run out long ago.
