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2 Year Fixed

Provider	Rate	Min/Max Deposit	Opening Account	Accessing Account	Interest Options	SG Verdict
Aldermore	0.70%	£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 £10bn of deposits. Aldermore were bought by South Africa's FirstRand in 2018.
Atom Bank	0.85%	£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 20,000 customers and £1.5bn of savings since its launch in April 2016. Savers can only access Atom’s products via their mobile app
BLME	0.80%	£1,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Away or Compounded Paid On Maturity	This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements.
Charter Savings Bank	0.76%	£5,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Away or Compounded Paid Monthly Paid Annually	Wolverhampton based Charter Savings launched in 2015. It is now part of One Savings Bank which looks after a combined £16.6bn across its Charter Savings and Kent Reliance savings brands
Apply Now	0.76%	£1,000 / £85,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	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. DF Capital don't have internet banking yet so this account is operated and accessed via a secure email messaging service.
Apply Now	0.70%	£500 / £2,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Away or Compounded Paid Monthly Paid Annually	Essex based Ford Money launched in April 2017 and look after approximately £2bn of deposits.
Hampshire Trust Bank	0.70%	£1,000 / £250,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	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. 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
A Oxbury Bank	0.70%	£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
Paragon Bank	0.70%	£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 over £7.8bn of savings
Shawbrook Bank	0.82%	£1,000 / £2,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Away or Compounded Paid Annually	Competitive rate from Essex based Shawbrook, who launched in 2011 and look after over £7.5bn of deposits
UBL	0.70%	£2,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Monthly Paid Annually Paid Away	First ever appearance in our 2 year tables for United Bank UK, which was formed in 2001 from the merger of two Pakistani banks. It has branches in Ilford, Bradford, Birmingham, Glasgow Manchester and London
A United Trust Bank	0.80%	£5,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid On Maturity	London based specialist lender United Trust has a single branch in Moorgate and allows 14 days to fund the account.
Zenith Bank	0.70%	£2,000 / £2,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Annually Paid Compounded	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
A Zopa Bank	0.85%	£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.

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