Okay, like I know the basics of it, but I’m curious as to if I were to have a savings account, can I take money in and out as I please like a checking account, or does the money have to stay in there for a certain amount of time. And why would one have a checking and savings account anyways?
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Most savings accounts you have to go to the bank when it is open to get the money, unless you also have a checking account and a debit card. Sometimes there is a fee for having a balance below a certain amount, like $500, or $1000. Checking accounts don’t usually have those fees, but they have others. Go to the bank and sit down and have a talk with them to ask what is better for you. You need to be legally of age (18) for a checking account. You have a bank account for security of saving money so that you can have a way to care for yourself and your family if you are ill, to save up for a house, etc, and you have a checking account primarily to pay your bills.
Checking account has unlimited withdrawals and checks that you can write (some bank do charge fee when certain amount is exceed). Savings account as its name is for people want to save, and it has limit of 6 withdrawals per statement cycle. Savings accounts also give you some interests (even though is very low percentage like 0.015 percent). You don’t have to have both, it depends what you want to do with your money.
Both a savings and checking account allow you to deposit or withdraw money at any time. You always have access to your full amount.
In a CD, you agree to give the bank your money and not touch it for the duration of the CD, which is usually 3 or 6 months. In return, the bank will give you a better interest rate. The longer the term of the CD, the higher the rate – BUT – you cannot access that money until the CD matures (ends.) You usually need a few thousand dollars in order to open a CD.
A savings account has an interest rate. In this case, this is interest the bank pays you for letting them hold onto your money. As the name implies, these accounts are intended for SAVE-ing money.
A checking account usually does not have an interest rate (some Credit Unions offer checking with interest, but it’s usually a much lower rate than a normal saving account.) Also, a checking account can use checks or a debit card. Saving accounts don’t have these.
A common practice is to have your paycheck deposited into your savings account, and then transfer money into your checking account only as you need it to pay bills, or use your debit card. This way, you get more interest on the money in your savings account.
There are other types of savings accounts as well, like CDs (this stands for “Certificate of Deposit” – not the musical discs
You can take money in and out as you please with a savings account although it is not as easily done because you cannot write a check out of your savings account. However, you can get an ATM/Debit card which would allow you to easily transfer funds in and out of your savings account. One has a checking and savings account so that you can use checks to pay bills and the savings account to earn interest on saved money.
You can remove money form a savings account but withdrawls are limited to 6 per month. So if you go over 6, you’ll get penalized with fees. You have a checking account to spend money and a savings account to save it. If you have extra money in a checking account, put it into your savings so it’ll earn interest. If you need money then you take it out of your savings.
The Guide to Checking Accounts – http://straightfinances.com/pages/guides…