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It's always good to get something for nothing, but what if you could make money from it? That's exactly what some savvy borrowers are doing through a process known as 'stoozing', but how does it work, and how can you take advantage?
Stoozing is a clever way of moving money around to benefit from high interest rates without having to lock any of your own cash away in a fixed rate savings account. It sounds impossible, but it can work: borrowers take out a 0% money transfer offer on a credit card and use the cash to fund a high interest current account, which they can then leave untouched to benefit from a high interest rate.
If they pay off the credit card balance when the 0% offer ends – which they could do with the original sum they borrowed – they're left with a nice little pot of interest, without committing any of their income or savings. This means you could quite literally get something for nothing, but as with anything that sounds too good to be true, it's important to go about it the right way.
The first thing you need to think about is the money transfer fee. Our data shows that there are about eight cards that allow for money transfers but don't charge a fee at the moment, so this cost would need to be taken on board and compared against the potential gains of putting the money in a high interest current account.
You'll need to consider the restrictions on these accounts, too, with many coming with monthly funding requirements, fees and a maximum amount that interest can be earned on. And remember to make at least the minimum repayment on the credit card, too, otherwise the 0% interest deal could be revoked, and you wouldn't have achieved a thing.
Despite the potential drawbacks, stoozing could still be a viable way to earn a bit of extra interest in a low rate environment, but you'll need to make certain you're the right candidate for the job.
Card fees can eat into any 'profit' you make from stoozing, so be wary of these when looking at money transfer cards.
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