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I prefer the suggestion of Positive Money ( http://positivemoney.org ), which is that bank accounts are split by savings and investments. Savings would just keep your money safe (no interest), investments would have a potential return but also carry the risk of a loss. It'd be up to you how you wanted to split your money between savings and investments.

The bank that is the closest to this model (that I know of) is Mondo (due to be launching soon). Along with it's other innovations, it plans to allow you to invest money via Funding Circle for a potential return:

http://www.thememo.com/2015/06/25/meet-mondo-the-app-thats-g...

This is a smart idea on a couple of levels, it mitigates against the risk of bank runs and it provides a better return than many high street banks offer (the current average return rate from Funding Circle is 6.6%):

https://www.fundingcircle.com/statistics



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