Hey look, here's a bank that's not afraid to loan. Fascinating idea. Wonder if it'll work? From: Why does Open Source Hardware need a bank? Right now, the status quo, emerging trend for OSHW DIY'ers has been: build something, put up a bunch of money to build a few of them, if people ...

An attempt to defraud a Japanese bank of £229m only failed because criminals failed to fill out electronic forms properly.