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I watched her struggle for breath.
For a few terrifying seconds, I thought I was watching her take her last breath.
She was in my secondary school class.
And that day, something happened that none of us understood.
She had been unusually quiet on our way to class that morning.
Then the pain came.
She looked like her entire body had suddenly become a prison, she could barely move.
Her body stiffened.
And then... โผ
The Mishai eventually asked for his money that evening.
I confidently brought out my phone to make a transfer.
Then I checked my account again..โฆ300
I cleaned my eyes twice to be sure they were still functioning.
Because surely, there had been a mistake.
Turned out, I never had the money.
After devouring two small indomie and one fried egg.
By now, I was already sweating and his eyes were bloodshot red as he yelled.
"madam abeg send my money"
I thought about running away, but then I remembered I had another option..
A threadโผ
#StraightToBank #BitgetWallet
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง?
I found this question while exploring @verona_dev's new website.
So I did what any curious person would do: ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
And it took me somewhere I wasn't expecting.
๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐โผ
Centuries ago, before modern day financial institutions, lending was largely a matter of trust.
And it had always felt out of reach for the average man.
Because, if you needed a loan from an upper class individual, you'd always get asked this question:
โ๐๐ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ข ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ?โ
But that was not even the main focus, the main focus was if you were trusted enough to be lent.
And now, years later, even after digital evolution, that narrative hasn't changed.
๐๐จ, ๐ฅ๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ, ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐..โผ