finance

金融　—　Phenomena

The making of money available; the whole arrangement of lending and borrowing.

Keichō koban — A photograph of what this word names.

Twenty-franc gold coin of Ceres — A photograph of what this word names.

⚠ Finance is not a technique for 'increasing money', but rather a technique for 'circulating it from those who currently have it to those who do not'. As this circulation becomes more efficient, more can be accomplished with the same amount of metal.