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18 Month Fixed

Provider	Rate	Min/Max Deposit	Opening Account	Accessing Account	Interest Options	SG Verdict
Al Rayan Bank	2.42%	£5,000 / No Maximum	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	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
Apply Now	2.20%	£1,000 / £85,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid On Maturity	Founded in 1810, Brown Shipley is a UK authorised private bank with over 200 years of experience, and is regulated by both the PRA and FCA. It is headquartered in London with offices in seven other UK cities, offering fully integrated wealth planning, investment management and banking services. This product is only available via the Raisin UK platform but comes with a £25 sign up bonus for Savings Guru customers. You can find out more about Raisin, and how to claim the sign up bonus here
Apply Now	2.10%	£1,000 / £85,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Annually Paid Compounded	This product is only available via the Raisin UK platform but comes with a £25 sign up bonus for Savings Guru customers. You can find out more about Raisin, and how to claim the sign up bonus here
Apply Now	2.30%	£1,000 / £85,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid On Maturity	This product is only available via the Raisin UK platform but comes with a £25 sign up bonus for Savings Guru customers. You can find out more about Raisin, and how to claim the sign up bonus here
Apply Now	2.30%	£1,000 / £85,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid On Maturity	This product is only available via the Raisin UK platform but comes with a £25 sign up bonus for Savings Guru customers. You can find out more about Raisin, and how to claim the sign up bonus here
Z BLME	2.25%	£1,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	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
Z Gatehouse Bank	2.30%	£1,000 / £85,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Annually Paid On Maturity Paid Away	This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements.
OakNorth	2.10%	£1,000 / £250,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Annually Paid On Maturity	OakNorth launched in 2015 and offers debt and property finance to UK small and medium size enterprises. OakNorth change their rates frequently so move quickly if this rate appeals You can find out more about them here
Oxbury Bank	2.30%	£1,000 / £500,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Annually Paid Compounded	Oxbury is a specialist agricultural bank, focused on lending to UK farms. It got its banking licence in 2020 and launched savings accounts in February 2021. Savers will need a smartphone to download the Oxbury Banking App as part of the security measures to access their online account You can find out more about them here
C Paragon Bank	2.20%	£1,000 / £100,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	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
PCF Bank	2.00%	£1,000 / £85,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Annually Paid On Maturity Paid Away	PCF Bank launched in 2017 and look after around £400m of deposits. You can find out more about them here
Shawbrook Bank	2.30%	£1,000 / £2,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	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
Tesco Bank	2.15%	£2,000 / £5,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Monthly Paid Annually Paid Away	Glasgow based Tesco Bank’s rarely appear in our best buy tables for 2019. Although this account can be applied for online, it can only be managed by telephone.
Union Bank of India	1.45%	£1,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid On Maturity	First entry in our 18 month tables from Union Bank of India (UK), which is a subsidiary of Union Bank of India, one of the largest public sector banks in India
United Trust Bank	2.35%	£5,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Away or Compounded Paid Annually	London based specialist lender United Trust launched in 1955 and look after £1.6bn of savings Find out more about them here

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