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Provider Rate Min/Max Deposit Opening Account Accessing Account Interest Options SG Verdict
 Al Rayan Bank - Raisin
4.55% £5,000 / £85,000

Branch
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Branch
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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

 Aldermore
4.00% £1,000 / £1,000,000

Branch
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Branch
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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

 Hampshire Trust Bank
4.54% £1,000 / £250,000

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

London based Hampshire Trust Bank launched in 1977 but was acquired by a new management team in 2014 and now look after in excess of £1.63bn of deposits.

You can read more about them here

 isbank Raisin
4.50% £1,000 / £85,000

Branch
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Branch
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  • Paid Annually
  • Added to the account

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

 UBL
4.52% £2,000 / £1,000,000

Branch
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Branch
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  • 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.

 UBL - Raisin
4.52% £2,000 / £85,000

Branch
App
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Branch
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  • 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
4.50% £50 / £100,000

Branch
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Branch
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  • 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

A| United Trust Bank
4.25% £5,000 / £1,000,000

Branch
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Branch
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  • 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

BLME
4.30% £1,000 / £1,000,000

Branch
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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

Close Brothers
4.55% £10,000 / £2,000,000

Branch
App
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Post
Telephone

Branch
App
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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

DF Capital - new
4.40% £1,000 / £250,000

Branch
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Telephone

Branch
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  • Paid On Maturity

DF Capital are a specialist commercial bank, based in the UK, lending to Small & Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the UK.  They were authorised as a bank in September 2020.

You can find out more about them here

Gatehouse Bank
4.10% £1,000 / £1m

Branch
App
Internet
Post
Telephone

Branch
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Post
Telephone

  • Paid on Anniversary
  • Paid Annually
  • Paid Away

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

Hodge Bank
4.51% £1,000 / £1,000,000

Branch
App
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Branch
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  • Paid Away or Compounded
  • Paid Monthly
  • Paid Annually
  • Annual interest paid 31st March

Hodge bank is based in South Wales and was authorised in 1987.  It looks after just over £1bn of deposits.

Paragon Bank
4.00% £1,000 / £100,000

Branch
App
Internet
Post
Telephone

Branch
App
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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
4.12% £500 / £2m

Branch
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Post
Telephone

Branch
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  • 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

RCI Bank
4.00% £1,000 / £1,000,000

Branch
App
Internet
Post
Telephone

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

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

Shawbrook Bank
4.53% £1,000 / £2,000,000

Branch
App
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Telephone

Branch
App
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  • Paid Annually
  • Paid Compounded
  • Paid on monthly or annual anniversary of account opening

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

Find out more about them here

Tesco Bank
4.00% £2,000 / £5,000,000

Branch
App
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Post
Telephone

Branch
App
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  • Paid on Anniversary
  • Paid Monthly
  • Paid Annually
  • Paid Away

Glasgow based Tesco Bank look after £5.3bn of deposits

Zopa Bank
4.30% £1,000 / £250,000

Branch
App
Internet
Post
Telephone

Branch
App
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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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