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Provider	Rate	Min/Max Deposit	Opening Account	Accessing Account	Interest Options	SG Verdict
Apply Now	4.65%	£1,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	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
Find out more	4.80%	£1,000 / £1m	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on maturity annually or compounded	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.
Apply Now	4.81%	£2,000 / £85,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid On Maturity	United Bank Limited UK (UBL) was formed in 2001 from the merger of two Pakistani banks and has branches in Ilford, Bradford, Birmingham, Glasgow Manchester and London. This product is only available via the Raisin UK savings platform. You can find out more about Raisin here
Atom Bank	4.65%	£50 / £100,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Away or Compounded Paid Monthly Paid Annually	Durham based Atom Bank has attracted over £3.2bn of savings since its launch in April 2016. Savers can only access Atom’s products via their mobile app You can find out more about them here
Apply Now	4.60%	£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
M BLME	5.00%	£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 Close Brothers	4.80%	£10,000 / £2,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Annually Paid Away	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
Z Cynergy	4.80%	£10,000 / £1m	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	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
Gatehouse Bank	4.70%	£1,000 / £1m	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Annually Paid Away	This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements.
JN Bank	5.00%	£1,000 / £500,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Annually Added to the account	JN Bank are the first Carribean bank to be authorised in the UK and launched on 8th October 2020.
Paragon Bank	4.65%	£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
Principality Building Society	4.73%	£500 / £2m	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Away or Compounded Paid Monthly Paid Annually	Principality is the 6th largest building society in the UK, looking after £7.6bn of savings
Secure Trust Bank	4.81%	£1,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Away or Compounded Paid Annually Paid 31st December	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
SmartSaveBank	4.82%	£10,000 / £85,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Annually Paid Compounded	Wrexham based Chetwood Financial got its banking licence at the end of 2018 following a £40m investment from Elliott Advisors. It lends its money to consumers via ‘dynamic loans’ which adapts the rate as consumer’s credit scores improve Find out more about them here
UBL	4.81%	£2,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Monthly Paid Annually Paid Away	United Bank UK, which was formed in 2001 from the merger of two Pakistani banks, has branches in Ilford, Bradford, Birmingham, Glasgow Manchester and London.
Union Bank of India	5.00%	£1,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	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.
b Zopa Bank	4.66%	£1,000 / £250,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Monthly Paid Compounded	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

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