Be a Wise Saver: Alkansya or Digital Savings
Saving or Ipon challenge is a hit again these days. I saw a lot of sellers of “alkansya” or piggy banks on my timeline.
In today’s digital world, do you still use alkanysa to save money? Yung totoo!
I am old school in terms of planning or writing down my expenses and plans for the day, even writing on a diary, but in terms of my finances I chose to go digital.
Using alkansya is not my thing anymore.
Why? because most of my income are sent directly on my bank, and since I have downloaded my bank apps, I do everything online. Wire transfer is more convenient for me. Everything I buy, I pay online. My bills, I pay online.
I save part of my income by transferring it to another bank account. I have a lot of banks actually.
I use BPI for my local campaigns since it has more branches and it would be easier for my clients to pay me.
I use Unionbank for my Paypal / foreign income since they don’t have a withdrawal charge and just a minimum of P350 annual fee.
I use Chinabank for our housing payment and I am planning to open a dollar account from them soon for my Adsense earnings.
For savings, I am considering CIMB since they are connected to GSAVE which makes it easy for me to fund using my GCASH account. PLUS, compared to other banks they give a higher interest rate of 3 – 4% per annum. They are accredited by the PDIC which makes your money with them insured for up to P500,000 per depositor.
Using alkansya is not bad if it works for you, but Bangko Central discourages people to do this for a long period of time because the money is not circulating. The effect, they need to produce another batch which financial analysis said that may affect inflation rate.
Plus your money is not earning interest, sayang naman. If you put it in the bank then kahit maliit kumikita ka plus you can use it to have a good credit score.
Anyway, ang importante may ipon kesa wala kahit saan mo pa gusto ilagay yan. This post is just giving you an idea that you have other options where to put it.
Cheers and I hope you’ll be able to finish your ipon/saving challenge this year.
winnie L. Cruz says
Ako din po sulat lang po napakahalaga po talaga nang pag iipon buti nalang hinde po talaga nag shopee never ko pang na experienced po ung mr ko po kasi hinde maluho sakanya po ako natutong wag bili nang bili pag may extra pwde sige go kame target po talaga namin mag karoon ulet nang piggery π nag simula sa mga magulang hanggang pati narin po silang magkakapatid kaso nagkaroon din nang virus sa mga pig din nung nakaraang taon kaya ipon ipon para makabili po nang panimula namin share ko lang po mommy nakapag patayo po sila nang bahay kame po kahit simple po dahil sa pag aalaga sipag at tyaga lang po talaga sa umpisa nahirapan po ako kasi ako naiiwan pag pumapasok ung mr ko ako po nag papakain nag lilinis nang kulungan mag pipili nang kanin baboy ung naka sako po sya mga laman po nun kanin, gulay2x po mga tirang ulam po makikita mo po dun kung gaano kaaksaya ang pinoy sa pagkain po medyo napahaba napo ππ masaya lang po ako ma i share sayo mommy have a nice day po πβ€οΈ
Mommy Levy says
baboy at baka ang nagsalba din sa pag-aaral naming magkakapatid noon.
shala vidad says
Ang pagsasave ng money is very important po talaga mommy levy lalo na sa panahon ngayon. Kapag may naitago tayong pera may maidudukot tayo lalo na if may emergency. Ngayong taon lang din po ako nakakasave ng pera sa gcash and yun din po ang pinag grogrocery ko para sa milk and diapers ni baby β€οΈβ€οΈ
Antoniette Sanchez David says
Naniniwala ako dito napag may naisuksok may madudukot lalo na sa oras ng pangangailangan mo dapat talaga natin mag ipon upang hindi na mangutang dahil pag mangutang ka isa din yun sa problem mo dadagdag lang sa stress mo kaya kung kaya mo naman mag ipon bakit hindi mo gawin masarap mabuhay sa mundo ng alam mong wala kang utang na tinataguan or tumatakbuhan kaya ako kahit small na ipon lang masaya na ako ang mahalaga naman ready na ka pwede mangyaring gastusin sa feature
Mary Rose Orbinar says
Yay, a great topic to start the year 2021! Need talaga natin ng savings lalo na’t nasa ilalim pa tayo ng pandemya. Yung mga napamaskuhan ng kids ko last 2020, itinabi ko na para sa needs nila. As of now may pumapasok pa namang extra money sa sweldo ni mister, kaya plano ko narin mag digital savings thru gcash. Di parin ako masyadong palagay dahil meron akong mga nababasa na nahahack ang account nila. Yun lang talaga fear ko kaya never ko pa natry mag open ng savings account. We also have piggy bank at home, yung mga bagong barya na nakakalito ipambayad ni mister sa pagcommute sa work. Pero ipapabuo na tapos yun yung ipapasok namin sa savings account para at least magka interest. Thank you for this blog, Mommy Levy! β€οΈ
Cha Macha Reyes says
Pareho tayo Momsh mas gusto ko mag sulat.. Dati tamad ako pero now ewan ko bakit sinipag ako kapag nag babayad ng bahay si Hubby ko bahala at mga pay ng bills and kuryente online kami. Pareho kaming may GCash sakin gawa ng mga giveaway prize ko siya kapag nagload or may bilhin online( pero this yeat limit na yan) ayan ang aming New Year Resolution (bawasan ang shoppe at lazada) Ayaw ko din ng Alkansya bakit kamo di ko rin alam kasi kapag nag iipon kami sa Piggy bank or basyo ng Polbo nag kakasakit kami kahit nung Dalaga pa ako hayy kaya ang lahat ng Saving namin derecho sa Banko kasi may interest tama ka diyan Mommy Levy and last year Nag invest kami Educ Plan ni l. O para di nanamin prob ang schooling niya pag dating ng Panahon Thank you for sharing this Godbless and keepsafe Always ππ