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Get paid for a home loan: European lenders turning banking on its head

By DW
06 September 2019   |   2:25 pm
European banks are twisting traditional economics of lending and borrowing to cope with years of sub-zero rates. With more easing expected, the lenders are only going to get more desperate to preserve their profits.

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