14 Best Savings Rates for May 2019 - NerdWallet
Stash your emergency fund in a high interest savings account? This article has the most comprehensive list I've seen yet of which banks have the highest rates. I opened an account with Barclays (2.20% APY) in January of this year to give it a try, and maybe dissuade Barclays from nerfing or reducing the credit line of my Uber Visa card with them if they see I have some kind of savings. The initial idea was to auto deposit $100 a month, but then I got impatient and decided to apply Elizabeth Warren's
50/30/20 budget rule, and deposit 20% of my paychecks into the account. You can see the evolution of this thinking below along with the amount of interest payout I received:
I think once I reach $2k in savings with Barclays, I'll open up an account with Vio Bank (2.46% APY), and that will be my main emergency fund account till something better somehow comes along.