"Northland Bank—when it came to ideology, Snezhnaya had indeed surpassed the other nations. Since Ningguang had seen that, why didn't she follow suit?"
The next day, Shen Fei began wandering around Liyue. The first thing he saw was the building housing Northland Bank. Granted, he did not particularly like the Fatui, but he had to admit that many of them were talented. Pantalone was exceptionally gifted in economics, and Northland Bank had branches across all seven nations.
However, due to its national circumstances, Northland Bank had not developed very smoothly in Mondstadt. That was normal enough. If a bank wanted to grow quickly, commercially prosperous regions were the most suitable places, since trade involved large sums of money and paying with physical goods was highly inconvenient.
Of course, a bank's convenience depended on the circumstances. Mondstadt clearly did not possess that kind of advantage. When Shen Fei sold alchemical potions, Diluc and the others chose to pay in physical currency because they never used Northland Bank. Diluc and the Fatui were bitter enemies, so naturally he would not use a bank founded by the Fatui.
Jean and the others also disliked the Fatui's aggressive ways and strongly resisted Northland Bank. On top of that, they had local money houses, so they naturally had little need for Northland Bank.
Northland Bank's greatest convenience lay in transactions between nations. So even though many people were unhappy with the Fatui, Northland Bank still stood firm across the seven nations. Its Mondstadt branch might not have been doing very well, but the one in Springvale had developed exceptionally smoothly.
"Ningguang probably never established an international bank for Liyue because Liyue lacked the corresponding influence in other nations. The Fatui had been developing for over five hundred years, and their forces had already spread throughout