Up until recently, your only option was to risk your money in the stock market with Wealthify. But now the digital wealth manager has launched an instant savings account that will pay a decent amount of interest on deposits from £1 upwards. And there is no upper limit on deposits into the account. The instant savings account is undergoing a soft launch, though it is featured prominently on Wealthify’s website.
Wealthify Interest Rates
The current rate of interest is +4.3% AER. or an annual equivalent rate, which equates to a rate of +4.39% annually. The rate will be variable and will track changes in UK base rates.
Wealthify even provides a link on its website allowing users to monitor interest rates set by the Bank of England.
A deposit of £1000 would earn £43.90 in interest over 12 months, assuming base rates remain unchanged.
The account is open to UK residents and taxpayers who are 18 years of age or older.
For now, at least clients will only be able to open one instant savings account with Wealthify.
Easy Access To Funds At Wealthify
Customers can access their funds at any time without restrictions via the Wealthify website or app.
Transfers can take up to three hours to process and withdrawals will be paid into the client’s nominated bank account.
This will normally be the account from which the funds were deposited in the first instance.
Clearbank
Wealthify is not a bank and its new instant savings account is powered by ClearBank a fully regulated UK bank.
As such customer deposits will be covered by the UK FSCS, up to a value of £85,000.
ClearBank operates purely online and does not have any physical branches, nor will Wealthify customers be able to withdraw funds from their savings account via an ATM.
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Having worked as a broker at Investors Intelligence and a multi-asset derivatives broker at MF Global (Man Financial), Richard has acquired substantial experience in the industry. His career began as a private client stockbroker at Walker Crips and Phillip Securities (now King and Shaxson), following internships on the NYMEX oil trading floor in New York and London IPE in 2001 and 2000.
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