Interest on Trading 212 Cash Savings questions?

I am considering saving cash in Trading 212 savings.

The interest paid on GBP is 5.1% which is reasonable. On HUF currency it is 7% which is even better.

Can I transfer my GBP cash to HUF and then earn 7% daily interest?

I note that the currency conversion fee is 0.15%. Is there any other charge, cost or float for converting currencies?

Thank you!

Welcome to the Community, @SmartInvest :wave:

Multi-currency is available only in the Invest. As long as you’re using that account, then you can convert, deposit and hold cash in multiple currencies - EUR, USD, HUF, etc.

The applied FX fee will appear when you confirm the conversion. Other than that, there are no extra FX costs.

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How can transfer a small amount from my T212 cash isa to my t212 stock isa?

You can move funds between the accounts by tapping on Menu → Manage funds → Move funds. Screenshots can be found in this article.

Thank you for the helpful response.

Can I transfer my GBP cash to HUF and then earn 7% daily interest?

Where is my money stored/saved if it is the HUF currency please?

What are the risks for having my money in HUF?

Anybody know further to the above please?

As a smart investor do you not already know the answers?

Are you seriously planning to convert GBP to HUF to earn 7% daily instead of 5.1%, paying a 0.15% fee each way converting, and being exposed to the currency volatility?

Let’s call it 1.9% difference and for simplicity 0.005% a day so you would earn an extra 0.03% a week, after having paid a 0.15% conversion fee so if the currencies don’t move it would take you 10weeks to break even (conversion in/out fee)

Then in the last week alone it’s gone from roughly 480 to 485 HUF per GBP, so if you did this last week, you could be down 1.03% in the currency movement.

If you have done your research and are happy / understand all the risks, then go for it.

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Thank you for your advice. I take note of what you’re saying and it makes sense.

I myself referenced that the HUF currency is on a slide. However, we cannot assume that the HUF will go down relative to GBP over the medium-term in making a determination, unless one is a leading expert on HUF currency fluctuations.