Savings
The whole banking system is built around savings. It is an underlying principle of general banking that a bank allows people to deposit their savings so that the bank can use those funds for a variety of purposes, like lending for instance.
As a general proposition bank will pay interest on the deposits it receives and charge interest for the money it lends. Naturally, it will charge more for lending that it pays on deposits.
But it is not as simple as that. Banks offer a variety of savings products to attract money. In the first case you can choose a standard savings account which will allow you to put your money in and then access your funds by using ATM card.
Another alternative is an online savings account which means that you can deposit your money safely and transfer it into your card accounts or pay bills online. Some banks offer a higher rate of interest for online accounts because there are fewer overhead costs for them to maintain this type of account.
A high interest savings account is another alternative which you would use to deposit large sums of money which you intend to leave alone for a period of time. The interest rate applicable to these accounts, whilst not as high as something like a term deposit, will still be an attractive option to deposit a fairly large amount of money that you have no immediate use for.
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