All about investment

By Matthew Tutt

In today's world everyone has a savings account. The financial institutions, banks and credit unions generally maintain these kinds of accounts. Generally an interest is paid on the money that is deposited by people in these accounts. However, a person cannot directly spend the amount of money that is deposited in these accounts. These accounts provide the account holders an opportunity to keep a part of the liquid asset as savings.

People always prefer those money accounts that provide them with higher rate of interest. This is because these accounts allow a faster accumulation of the savings for the account holders. So, a person before depositing his money in any kind of device should find out which one will provide the best rate of interest. A person can do this by comparing the rate of interest provided by the different financial institutions.

The functioning of the savings accounts is different in comparison to the checking accounts. A person can make limited number of both transfers and withdrawals from the savings accounts. Besides, a person cannot use checks for withdrawals from these. However, a person can make purchases using the money deposited in these accounts. However, if a person wishes to make a purchase with the money deposited, he has to get the money transferred to the transactions deposit. These transactions deposits are also known as currency or checkable deposit.

Savings accounts are mainly created in order to keep aside a part of money which can be used during retirement, or for any kind of purchase or during emergencies. A well maintained savings account also creates a good credit score for the holder of that account.