2 Year Fixed
Provider | Rate | Min/Max Deposit | Opening Account | Accessing Account | Interest Options | SG Verdict |
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5.35% | £1,000 / £1m | Branch | Branch |
| This product is provided by Close Brothers on Active Savings, which is a savings platform, provided by investment giant Hargreaves Lansdown, which offers savers access to a range of products from its partner banks and building societies. |
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5.20% | £1,000 / £85,000 | Branch | Branch |
| This product is only available via the Raisin UK savings platform. You can find out more about Raisin here |
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5.25% | £1,000 / £85,000 | Branch | Branch |
| Ziraat Bank is owned by the Turkish government and was established in 1863. It serves 38 million retail, SME and corporate customers in all sectors of the economy and has a 15% market share. It is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority under registration number 204705. This product is only available via the Raisin UK savings platform. You can find out more about Raisin here |
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5.25% | £10,000 / £250,000 | Branch | Branch |
| Arbuthnot Direct is part of private bank Arbuthnot Latham and launched in February 2019. It has a quick application process and a 14 day cooling off period. |
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5.35% | £5,000 / £1m | Branch | Branch |
| 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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5.51% | £5,000 / £250,000 | 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. He sold his interest in April 2023 to Better, the digital home ownership platform The Bank has only just over £10m of savings in total so don't expect these rates to last long. |
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5.40% | £1,000 / £1,000,000 | Branch | Branch |
| This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements. You can find out more about them here |
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5.30% | £500 / £2m | Branch | Branch |
| Cahoot is a division of Santander, which is one of the top seven savings providers, by size, in the UK |
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5.35% | £10,000 / £2,000,000 | Branch | Branch |
| Close Bank have been trading since 1878, are a FTSE 250 listed company and look after over £6.4bn of savings You can find out more about them here |
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5.40% | £1,000 / £1m | Branch | Branch |
| This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements. |
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5.30% | £1,000 / £1m | Branch | Branch |
| Hodge bank is based in South Wales and was authorised in 1987. It looks after just over £1bn of deposits. |
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5.20% | £1,000 / £1,000,000 | Branch | Branch |
| Part of French car giant Renault, RCI are a UK licensed bank and covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme You can find out more about them here |
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5.36% | £1,000 / £1,000,000 | Branch | Branch |
| Birmingham based Secure Trust Bank look after over £2bn of deposits. Their products tend not to be able for long so move quickly if this rate appeals. Find out more about them here |
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5.70% | £1,000 / £1,000,000 | Branch | Branch |
| 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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5.30% | £2,000 / £2,000,000 | Branch | Branch |
| Zenith Bank UK is a subsidiary of Zenith Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading banks. Savers should note that, while this account can be opened online, it can only be managed by post |
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5.31% | £1,000 / £250,000 | Branch | Branch |
| Zopa started life as a peer to peer lending business in 2005 but became a licensed bank in 2019 and launched their first savings accounts in August 2020. You can find out more about them here |