18 Month Fixed
Provider | Rate | Min/Max Deposit | Opening Account | Accessing Account | Interest Options | SG Verdict |
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0.70% | £5,000 / No Maximum | Branch | Branch |
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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 |
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0.50% | £5,000 / £75,000 | Branch | Branch |
| Birmingham Bank was previously known as Bira Bank, which was bought by businessman Lee Bushell in January 2020 and rebranded as Birmingham Bank. The Bank has only around £20m of savings in total. |
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0.65% | £1,000 / £1,000,000 | Branch | Branch |
| This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements. |
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0.60% | £5,000 / £1,000,000 | Branch | Branch |
| Wolverhampton based Charter Savings is part of Chartercourt Financial Services. Charter Savings launched in 2015. It has grown to hold over £5bn of savers money since launch |
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0.60% | £1,000 / £250,000 | Branch | Branch |
| London based Hampshire Trust Bank launched in 1977 but was acquired by a new management team in 2014.
HTB look after around approximately £700m of deposits
While Hampshire Trust normally allow account opening by post, this has been suspended in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak
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0.45% | £500 / £2,000,000 | Branch | Branch |
| Metro has 77 branches across the UK and has been in operation since 2009. It looks after £14.5bn of savings |
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0.62% | £1,000 / £250,000 | Branch | Branch |
| 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 |
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0.65% | £1,000 / £500,000 | Branch | Branch |
| 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. |
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0.45% | £500 / £1m | Branch | Branch |
| Based in Belfast, Progressive was founded in 1914 and is the 12th largest building society in the UK looking after £1.56bn of deposits |
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0.50% | £1,000 / £1,000,000 | Branch | Branch |
| 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 |