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SubArcticTundra lemmy.ml ![]() SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml Joined: 2023-06-03 |
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myrmidex belgae.social ![]() myrmidex@belgae.social Joined: 2025-06-22 |
Like envelope budgeting? |
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slazer2au lemmy.world slazer2au@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-30 |
As much as the world should loath it. Crypto? wallet per folder. |
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mushroommunk lemmy.today mushroommunk@lemmy.today Joined: 2025-08-18 |
Depending on what the money is for, this is exactly how I use CDs. |
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neo2478 sh.itjust.works neo2478@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-07-02 |
With my bank, I can create virtual savings accounts within my account and I can distribute the money as I want. So a "folder" for long term savings, another for emergencies, another for traveling, etc. |
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BradleyUffner lemmy.world BradleyUffner@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-11 |
Buy Bitcoin? |
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HubertManne piefed.social HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
thats what cryptocurrency is. just manipulated in different ways than normal currency. |
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SomeoneSomewhere lemmy.nz SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz Joined: 2023-06-14 |
With my bank, I can create virtual savings accounts within my account and I can distribute the money as I want. So a "folder" for long term savings, another for emergencies, another for traveling, etc.
Do US banks have limits on how many accounts you have? I think you run out of numbers at 99 here in NZ but otherwise most banks will let you have as many basic everyday or savings accounts as you want. Edit: BNZ says there's a limit of 25 transaction accounts for them. |
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neo2478 sh.itjust.works neo2478@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-07-02 |
Do US banks have limits on how many accounts you have? I think you run out of numbers at 99 here in NZ but otherwise most banks will let you have as many basic everyday or savings accounts as you want. Edit: BNZ says there's a limit of 25 transaction accounts for them.
I'm not in the US. But mine are like sub accounts within one savings account out of convenience. I could open more, but I have no idea of there is a limit. |
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Brkdncr lemmy.world Brkdncr@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-11-21 |
What’s holding you back? |
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_haha_oh_wow_ sh.itjust.works ![]() _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-06-12 |
Most people use envelopes for physical cash and virtual accounts for online, but nothing is stopping you from putting cash into folders if that's your preference. |
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DrSleepless lemmy.world DrSleepless@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-09 |
Depending on what the money is for, this is exactly how I use CDs.
Oh because you don’t play your old CDs anymore you just put some money in the CD case. |
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mushroommunk lemmy.today mushroommunk@lemmy.today Joined: 2025-08-18 |
Oh because you don’t play your old CDs anymore you just put some money in the CD case.
Yep, I went back to Betamax. |
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Thorry feddit.org Thorry@feddit.org Joined: 2025-08-30 |
Does your bank not offer this as a basic service? I think most banks do. You can assign incoming and outgoing transactions into folders and do stuff like assign repeating transactions automatically to a folder and set targets. So you can make a folder "Saving for a new car" and occasionally add some money to that. Or create a folder "Rent money" and make sure it's topped off and rent payments always go out of that folder. You can setup so a part of your wage automatically gets assigned to that folder for example, so you can easily see how much you have left after assigning money to stuff like rent/mortgage and a food budget for example. I thought all banks offered this, but it might be different in other countries, or perhaps a paid service? But even if the bank doesn't offer this, people used to do this in spreadsheet software or dedicated software for years. And even before that, a lot of people used to do this kind of stuff in a little book. In a lot of languages there is even a name for this called Haushaltsbuch in German and Kakeibo in English (from Japanese). So nobody is stopping you, you can just do this. |
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Trex lemmy.world Trex202@lemmy.world Joined: 2024-01-03 |
Buy Bitcoin?
OP wants to store Money, not worthless bullshit |
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NABDad lemmy.world NABDad@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-12 |
I keep track of money with GnuCash. There are accounts in there for my checking and savings accounts, credit card accounts, mortgage, car loan, etc. I also have accounts I created for things that don't exist outside of my GnuCash file. Accounts for money set aside for college payments for my kids, accounts for saving for vacations or whatever. The money in those accounts is "really" in the savings account, but since I don't look there when I'm checking what money I have to spend, it is left alone. So, for example, the bank might say I have $1000 in savings, but GnuCash says it's $200 with $800 in a vacation account. |
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osaerisxero kbin.melroy.org ![]() osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org Joined: 2024-08-14 |
I'm not in the US. But mine are like sub accounts within one savings account out of convenience. I could open more, but I have no idea of there is a limit.
Some US financial institutions offer similar services. Mine doesn't, but I know I've seen ads for it like it was some cool new technology a few years ago. |
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SubArcticTundra lemmy.ml ![]() SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml Joined: 2023-06-03 |
Like envelope budgeting?
Yes, although I'd like to still be able to use a card. Unfortunately you currently have to pick a bank based on whether their mobile app has folder functionality, which isn't a very good criterion to be forced to choose a bank by. |
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SubArcticTundra lemmy.ml ![]() SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml Joined: 2023-06-03 |
With my bank, I can create virtual savings accounts within my account and I can distribute the money as I want. So a "folder" for long term savings, another for emergencies, another for traveling, etc.
How large is the hurdle for founding one |
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grandel lemmy.ml grandel@lemmy.ml Joined: 2020-10-27 |
Yes, although I'd like to still be able to use a card. Unfortunately you currently have to pick a bank based on whether their mobile app has folder functionality, which isn't a very good criterion to be forced to choose a bank by.
You could use budgeting software, like ynab.com it also uses the envelope system and supports linking your bank account |
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owenfromcanada lemmy.ca ![]() owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca Joined: 2025-04-18 |
Where I used to live in the US, most credit unions had this as a free feature. Not a thing where I live now in Canada, though :/ |
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Fallibilist feddit.uk Fallibilist@feddit.uk Joined: 2026-09-15 |
OP wants to store Money, not worthless bullshit
The price of bitcoin right now is 81k USD. |
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neo2478 sh.itjust.works neo2478@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-07-02 |
How large is the hurdle for founding one
None. I just click a plus button on my banking app. I can also easily rename them, change the icon, set saving goals and delete them. |
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