Many other bloggers have written about how to set up sub-savings accounts with ING Direct’s Orange savings account, so I won’t go into a huge tutorial about how to do it. Recently, I decided it would be a good idea for us to start categorizing our short-term savings. Lately, we have simply thrown money into the account, and used it for whatever short-term savings goals we had. However, I know there were some times that we used it for things that we didn’t plan on using it for a few months prior. ING Direct has a cool feature in their Orange savings accounts. You can set up as many sub savings accounts as you want. Here’s a quick run-down on how to do it:
Pat SPat S is an active duty military officer. On his off time he enjoys working out, reading, writing and spending time with his dog. Pat became interested in personal finance after several costly mistakes early in his military career that could have been avoided by a basic understanding of personal finance, and currently runs the personal finance blog, compounding returns.
