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2 Year Fixed

Provider	Rate	Min/Max Deposit	Opening Account	Accessing Account	Interest Options	SG Verdict
Al Rayan Bank	2.80%	£5,000 / No Maximum	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Away or Compounded Paid Quarterly	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 variety of channels to open and manage their account
Apply Now	2.65%	£1,000 / £85,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid On Maturity	This product is only available via the Raisin UK platform but comes with a £25 sign up bonus for Savings Guru customers. You can find out more about Raisin, and how to claim the sign up bonus here
Apply Now	2.55%	£1,000 / £85,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid On Maturity	This product is only available via the Raisin UK platform but comes with a £25 sign up bonus for Savings Guru customers. You can find out more about Raisin, and how to claim the sign up bonus here
Apply Now	2.60%	£5,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid On Maturity	London based specialist lender United Trust launched in 1955 and look after £1.6bn of savings Find out more about them here
Charter Savings Bank	2.50%	£5,000 / £1m	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
Z Close Brothers	2.50%	£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	2.68%	£10,000 / £1m	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Annually Paid Away	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	2.65%	£1,000 / £85,000	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.
b Hodge Bank	2.62%	£1,000 / £1m	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	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.
Ikano Bank	2.65%	£1,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Away or Compounded	Ikano Bank is owned by the Kamprad family who founded Ikea. You can find out more about them here
b Kent Reliance	2.50%	£1,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Away or Compounded Paid Monthly Paid Annually Monthly interest paid on the last working day of the month Annual interest paid on 5th April	Kent Reliance is part of One Savings Bank, a FTSE 250 listed company, and has 9 branches in Kent and the South East One Savings Bank has recently completed its merger with Charter Court Financial Services (which includes Charter Savings Bank) and now looks after combined savings balances of £16.6bn
Secure Trust	2.60%	£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
f Shawbrook Bank	2.50%	£1,000 / £2,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Away or Compounded Paid Annually	Essex based Shawbrook launched in 2011 and looks after £7.84bn of savings Find out more about them here
SmartSaveBank	2.51%	£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
b Tandem Bank	2.55%	£1,000 / £2.5m	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Annually Paid Away	Tandem Bank acquired Harrods Bank in January 2018.
Vanquis	2.62%	£1,000 / £250,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Away or Compounded Paid Monthly Paid Annually	Vanquis Bank is part of the Provident Financial Group, which was founded in 2002 and looks after £1.68bn of deposits. You can find out more about Vanquis in our banking directory here

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