Banks, Budgets & Emergency Savings
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What are the core components of banking products?
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Welcome to the Australian Finance Podcast, a podcast for people who want to learn more about their personal finances and get the most from their money. This series is hosted by Kate Campbell from HowToMoney and Owen Rascovitch from Rask Finance.
The Australian Finance Podcast is provided for educational purposes only. The information is general in nature and does not take into account your needs, goals or objectives. What that means is the information does not apply to you specifically. So consider getting the advice of a licensed and trusted professional before acting on the information. Kate, welcome to the second episode of the Australian Finance Podcast.
Hi, Owen. Good to be back. And today we're going to be chatting about some of the core components of banking products, budgeting and get into emergency funds.
Now, it might sound a little bit daunting. I think I read in a book once that... looking at your finances and actually like figuring out where your money goes is about as scary as standing naked in front of a crowd of people yeah that one wow that was from melissa brown so it can be daunting it can also be pretty boring it can be pretty yeah like i said just scary i guess yeah but it's really important and especially if you don't currently know where all your money is going the outgoings it's taking a good look can be quite surprising That's right. You need to know where your money is going before you can actually begin to save. And then you can only begin to invest really once you start to save.
People try and do it with debt. You see the whole picture. That's right, yeah. So we're going to talk about some of the bank accounts that people might use to do this. And then we're going to jump into some budgeting strategies, some debt strategies, and then building this thing that we call an emergency fund. yeah and then we'll have a quick recap at the end so firstly just quickly what are the types of products that someone might use to save
So we've sort of broken it down to those key, your savings accounts, your transaction accounts and the debit cards because that's sort of the best way to actually spend your money. And I guess we want to look at some of the key things you should be checking out when getting these products because most people already have them. So making sure you're paying no fees if possible, which nowadays I think is pretty common.
Yeah, you can do it.
Yep.
If you've got a savings account, which hopefully you all do have, looking for the highest interest rates and especially looking for interest rates that don't have a honeymoon period, which really means the bank's advertising, oh, this is 2.8% for four months only.
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