Saving money in Bank accounts is a suicide. You should only have a small amount in your bank account for day-to-day purchasing. Bonds are the best option, I think, if the person is not willing to take the risk. Other options, such as Gold, Silver, Property, etc. can also be considered. At the moment, inflation is a global phenomenon, and people are living paycheck to paycheck in most countries.
In some cases saving amount in bank is a wise choice because when you invest in something else then you cannot take it out when you need it but from bank you can take it out anytime when an situation of emergency arise.
It is not necessary that you will have to save money in only one site but you can select different cites and divide your saved amount in bank, bitcoin and some other business.
Keep check on your amount after sometimes because saved amount can be depreciate and devalued with the passage of time but there are also possibilities of earning more with such a saved amount so checking of amount is necessary.