@complexring and @sigmajin I'm almost sure you're both paying me 10 Steem. The system in the US that works "without Fractional Reserve", so with lending on capital: Credit Unions! Am I right?

Replying here due to nesting. No. Credit unions (at least ones in the US) fall under the same "depository institutions" category as banks... they have the same reserve requirements.

I gave up on getting an answer and answered elsewhere in the thread already. I would have accepted loansharks or payday loan places like the money store.

point being that if you want to get a loan thats not based on deposits, and comes directly out of the lenders pocket, its possible. But the terms are going to be way crappy.