May sound an odd question, but I know I've drifted between banks before, and have cards for about 3 - 2 of which I never use and maybe have a couple of pence or couple of pounds left in them. I think I may have another somewhat with 1p in. I wonder what the interest on that over 50 years would be if I could find the account details?

ooooh now there's a question... let me see... I have 4 current accounts each used for different funds / bills / joint accounts etc... then I have 2 savings accounts and my ISA .... mmm.. just a few...

The family currently has 3 checking, 3 savings, 1 retirement, and 1 mutual fund. I'm about to open a forth checking though. There is no interest on the checkings, but they are all fee free. We use one for each business we have, plus my husband and I each have one for "fun" monies.

Currently two checking - three savings - one IRA. Not much more to post here, but a balance of spending and savings is always a good idea.

I just added a new account. I'm using Paypal, and I found out that you can sign up for mutual funds through this account. The interest rate is over 4%, and there is no minimum balance or fees.

Kelkat,

I'd forgotten PayPal, but yes I too have one of those accounts and have had it in Money Market for over a year. It's easy to move to your checking or savings account and easy to send and receive funds from.

I have 4 bank accounts now. 3 are regular accounts and Ive been meaning to close 2 of those as I dont need them at all.
The other is a savings account.. this is where i store most of my money

i have only one savings account but i plan to open another one with a different bank.

I have one bank account and one only!
My partner has one!
But my wage gets put into one and partners go into another!
All the bills get paid out of mine and then we spend all my partners lol!

lol. that's a clever way to handle your finances, destiny star! lol. hmmmm...i might consider doing the same when i get married.

It may seem strange to some people but all I have is one bank account. At the moment I see no reason for having two bank accounts. Maybe in furture I may need another one, but right now one is enough.

I know that I have already stated that I have only one bank account. Butm I was watching the news just the other day. And there was someone on there that said that you should really have two bank accounts. If someone should somehow get your bank information and use it. If you had another bank account at least you would have some money you could use.

Our family of six has eight bank accounts, and now I need to go open up a business account.....eeeks.

As of right now between the two of us, we have a checking and a savings account. And I am with you riskey that it seems to be all that we need. To have more would just make it more confusing to keep track of. But it is an interesting point that you heard about having two just in case. Maybe I'll open another one...but really, it just seems like more of a pain right now.

i have one savings account and 2 current accounts. Would like to open a few more ...like a child trust fund - my babys on the way