Adding categories to accounts

ska1982

Hi,


I am looking for savings or current accounts that allow you to add a category to the account, e.g. car or holiday etc.


I used to do this many years ago with ING savings accounts and had several set up online - it worked for me....


Wondering if anyone is using something which lets them do this!?


Thank you!
S

sourcrates

Hi OP,


You may have more luck posting in the budgeting and banking section of the forum.

MrsSave

Incorrect information given.

Karonher

I haven't heard of what you are asking for but I have a 123 account and each Friday pay something into a Christmas account and a holiday account I have. They are both savings accounts with Santander and I just do online transfers.

MrsSave

Sorry, just re-reading and I misunderstood first time around. Call it a mixture of baby brain and being ill!

Nationwide allow me to name my accounts, eg bills or spending money, but not to have categories within the main account.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Anoneemoose

Halifax online websavers allow me to name my accounts...for eg, I have 'groceries and petrol', 'holiday', 'gifts', 'medical and dental' - and a couple of others I have forgotten!

ska1982

Thanks everyone!! I knew it still had to exist with some banks! HSBC is annoying me big time at the moment as they won't allow giving the accounts that visual reminder - just memorising the account numbers isn't quite the same for me.
Super will check out the suggestions!
x

ska1982

MrsSave - No worries!!

indesisiv

I used to love that with ING. I used to have about 5 or 6 "Accounts"

I really miss that feature now. I have just ended up setting up separate accounts which is really inconvenient.

EssexHebridean

As "further information" to the nationwide info above - you have your basic current account, and then set up online savers off that account which you can then name as suits. You can then set transfers to go automatically at the date that suits you each month to feed them, or you can of course do it manually. To spend the money contained in them you just transfer it back to your main Flex account, be that a standard, Direct or Plus account.

Works brilliantly, and will accept tiny amounts too - my Virtual Sealed Pot is help in one of them and regularly gets transfers of a few pence at a time. Another advantage is the linked Regular saver which currently pays 5% for its first year.

dcouponzzzz

TSB are another that allow you to name the accounts