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Re:Show HN: Paisa – Open-Source Personal Finance Manager by gunnaraasen on Friday September 22, 2023 @07:24PM (#37619075)
Most tutorials for financial services are written for bank account users.

People refer to their bank account colloquially as a "debit account" and "credit account" because those are the types of accounts offered to them by a bank. From the bank's perspective, a consumer debit account is (correctly) considered a "debit" since any money deposited into the account by the account owner is an asset for the bank.

Re:Show HN: Paisa – Open-Source Personal Finance Manager by hliyan on Friday September 22, 2023 @10:06PM (#37620021)
Actually shouldn't any money deposited into the bank be a liability for the bank?
Re:Show HN: Paisa – Open-Source Personal Finance Manager by eviks on Saturday September 23, 2023 @07:34AM (#37622314)
No, it's the opposite, $ in customer's account is a liability for the bank to those customers, so the account is credited on +

The banks cash account is debited for balance