Yesterday we published another big guide on the Emma blog - this time we’re talking about the different types of savings accounts https://bit.ly/2RY0YOw
We look at:
Cash ISAs
Easy Access Savings Accounts
Notice Savings Accounts
Regular Savers
Fixed-Rate Bond Accounts
And Tax-Free Help To Save Accounts
I personally like to keep my savings in a mixture of accounts, each with a different savings goal in mind. How do you guys manage your savings?
Maximise Lisa, Maximise ISA, the rest is a mixture of high interest savings and I keep a month of income in my non-interest paying savings pot with Monzo for emergencies.
Saving for short term needs at low interest rates when you’ve got long term debt like a mortgage at higher interest rates is paying the bank for the privilege of lending to yourself.
I try to put as much as possible in an ISA account when I can and to avoid dipping into it I draw instead on my credit card (very short term) or the credit in my offset mortgage (medium term). Which means I have no need for other savings products.
I kinda like the idea of only being able to withdraw twice a year! Would mean that you really thought about taking the money out, rather than dipping into your savings for unnecessary items?
I agree, to a point, however, I would have to be really clear with myself as to what savings I am storing in that account as, realistically, you are limiting yourself to two pots / jars / spaces.
Anything I am unlikely to touch would be geared towards a Fixed Rate Saver, if any competitive exist by the time I have a sum to save