Keep it simple, stoopid 22 January at 10:44AM in Savings & investments 3 replies 333 views

FunLovinCriminal

Hi all. Need your collective brains please.
Before kids I was all over the finances. But two kids later, and no spare time, I have let things slip. Want to try and get back on top of things though. Our savings are hardly working for us. So looking for a simple process.
Currently £3k in a virgin isa paying 0.2% interest monthly - less than £1 per month
£900 in a BoS account paying 0.5% annually
£750 in a BoS regular saver paying 4.5% annually
I am paying the max, £250 per month from the BoS account into the regular saver.
But think I should be emptying the isa first, as it is lower interest, but its Monthly?
Or is there another account, preferably virgin or BoS that I can put the isa and saving account into, esrning better rate, monthly?
Help?

masonic

You could just transfer the ISA to a top payer, see https://moneyfacts.co.uk/savings-accounts/
There doesn't currently seem to be any disadvantage to keeping it within the ISA, and the top payer for easy access is currently Virgin Money (if you've held an account for long enough to qualify), so you are in luck.

FunLovinCriminal

Thank you masonic. I dont imagine the interest to be astonishingly better financially - but 0.2% and 0.5% isnt fabulous for my hard earnt savings

george4064

A quick and easy win would be to upgrade your Virgin cash ISA to the Virgin Easy Access Cash ISA Issue 2 paying 3.0%.

https://uk.virginmoney.com/savings/products/easy_access_cash_isa_exclusive_issue_2/