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 β†’ Manage funds β†’ 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.