Free rider problem is an issue that occurs when people who do not pay for information take advantage of the information that other people have paid for Banks reduce the free-rider problem in information production by A making private, nontraded loans so other lenders cannot benefit from the information they have collected about the borrower B. charging others for information about the financial condition of potential borrowers C. buying tradable securities with their depositors' funds D. serving as an intermediary that holds scarcely any nontraded loans