Eli5 why do banks give interest on money that I am keeping there?

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It just seems like a semi necessary thing to have to use a bank, why do they pay me a % to keep money there?

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They give you .5% interest so they have money to lend out at 15% interest. If they didn’t have your money, they couldn’t be in business.

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