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18 Month Fixed

Provider Rate Min/Max Deposit Opening Account Accessing Account Interest Options SG Verdict
Al Rayan Bank
5.00% £5,000 / No Maximum

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  • Paid on Anniversary
  • Paid Away or Compounded
  • Paid Quarterly

This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements.  Those savers comfortable with this are likely to be attracted by the rate and variety of channels to open and manage their account

 Aldermore
5.20% £1,000 / £1,000,000

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  • Paid Away or Compounded
  • Paid Monthly
  • Paid Annually

Peterborough based Aldermore launched in 2009 and look after over £13.1bn of deposits.

You can find out more about them here

 Paragon - Raisin
5.40% £1,000 / £85,000

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  • Paid On Maturity

This product is only available via the Raisin UK savings platform. You can find out more about Raisin here

A| United Trust Bank
5.45% £5,000 / £1,000,000

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  • Paid Away or Compounded
  • Paid Annually

Competitively priced 15 month fixed rate bond from London based specialist lender United Trust, who launched in 1955 and look after £1.6bn of savings.

Find out more about them here

BLME
5.45% £1,000 / £1,000,000

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Branch
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  • Paid Annually
  • Paid Away

This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements.  

You can find out more about them here

Cynergy
5.30% £10,000 / £1m

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Branch
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  • Paid on Anniversary
  • Paid Annually
  • Added to the account

Cynergy was formerly known as Bank of Cyprus, which has operated in the UK since 1955, and looks after £1.76bn of savings

Cynergy - 15 Months
5.40% £10,000 / £1m

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  • Paid on Anniversary
  • Paid Annually
  • Added to the account

This is a 15 Month Fixed Term

Cynergy was formerly known as Bank of Cyprus, which has operated in the UK since 1955, and looks after £1.76bn of savings

Gatehouse Bank
5.45% £1,000 / £1m

Branch
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  • Paid Annually
  • Paid On Maturity
  • Paid Away

This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements.  

Metro Bank
5.80% £500 / £2,000,000

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  • Paid Monthly
  • Paid Annually

Metro has 77 branches across the UK and has been in operation since 2009.  It looks after £14.5bn of savings

OakNorth Bank - 15 months
5.20% £1,000 / £250,000

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  • Paid Annually
  • Paid On Maturity

This account is a 15 Month Fixed Term

OakNorth launched in 2015 and offers debt and property finance to UK small and medium size enterprises.

You can find out more about them here

Paragon Bank
5.40% £1,000 / £100,000

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  • Paid on Anniversary
  • Paid Away or Compounded
  • Paid Monthly
  • Paid Annually

Birmingham based Paragon launched in 2014 and now look after £9.3bn of savings.

You can find out more about them in our banking directory here

Shawbrook Bank
5.13% £1,000 / £2,000,000

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Branch
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  • Paid on Anniversary
  • Paid Away or Compounded
  • Paid Annually

Essex based Shawbrook launched in 2011 and looks after £7.84bn of savings

Find out more about them here

Union Bank of India
5.70% £1,000 / £1,000,000

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Branch
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  • Paid On Maturity

Union Bank of India (UK), which is a subsidiary of Union Bank of India, one of the largest public sector banks in India.

Although Union Bank does finally have an internet application, their UK website is very hard to navigate to find it and it is one of the most difficult applications to complete we've experienced.

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