Started by Kwame Darko (@kwame_d) ·
an Italian bank takes cheese as collateral
Credem in Emilia-Romagna lends money to Parmigiano makers against wheels of their cheese, which sit aging in the bank's climate-controlled warehouses while the loan runs. Collateral that gets more valuable while it waits is honestly a great deal for everyone.
5 sources · 25 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “italian bank parmesan collateral”
- Ended at
- Cheese ripening
The Trail
- “italian bank parmesan collateral” (google.com)
- Parmesan (en.wikipedia.org)
- Credito Emiliano (en.wikipedia.org)
- Collateral (finance) (en.wikipedia.org)
- Cheese ripening (en.wikipedia.org)
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