Savings - Guide Index
Our guides to savings
Saving makes sense. Whether you salt away a lump sum, put aside something each month, or simply add to your reserves when you have cash to spare, it’s a key part of managing your family finances. Clearly, it makes sense to choose the best home for your money, so check out our guides on the range of accounts at your disposal
Related savings guides
Best high interest accounts
Shelter up to £20,000 from tax with an Individual Savings Account (ISA)
Best savings bonds
What are savings bonds?
Borrowing via peer-to-peer lending
Take out a loan without the need of bank or building society.
Children’s savings accounts
Encourage kids to save and teach them valuable lessons about money.
Dormant accounts
It can be easier than you think to forget about savings accounts.
Easy access accounts
Get immediate access to your cash.
Fixed rate bonds
Fixed rate bonds typically last for between one and five years.
Guide to Help to Buy ISAs
Help to Buy ISA
ISA allowance 2016
This tax year (2017/18) you can put up to £20,000 into an ISA.
Junior ISAs and Child Trust Funds
Children can use the money saved for them to help with some of the financial challenges they may face.
New ISAs guide
You can now hold as much as you like of this ISA limit in cash.
Notice accounts
A notice account requires you to ‘notify’ the savings provider in advance every time you want to make a withdrawal
Offshore accounts
Offshore accounts are savings accounts located outside the holder’s country of residence.
Pensions or savings
It’s not always easy to know where the best home is for your savings.
Protecting savings
Fortunately, there are safeguards in place to protect savers’ hard-earned nest eggs.
Regular Savings accounts
If you’re looking to put money away every month, a regular saver account could be ideal.
Saving for retirement
It’s up to you to build up a retirement savings pot.
Saving via peer-to-peer lending guide
Peer-to-peer websites work by pairing up savers who want a better return on their cash.
Saving with peer-to-peer lending sites
Peer-to-peer lending websites enable savers to lend money to individuals and small businesses.
Stocks & Shares ISAs Guide
A guide to Stocks & Shares ISAs
Things to watch out for when opening a savings account
What to watch out for when searching for a savings account.
Understanding Interest
The amount of interest you earn on your savings will depend on several different factors.
What is NS&I?
100% of savers money is protected.
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