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Provider Rate Min/Max Deposit Opening Account Accessing Account Interest Options SG Verdict
 Al Rayan Bank - Raisin
4.10% £1,000 / £85,000

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  • Paid On Maturity

There's a £100 bonus on offer for new savers signing up using the code OFFER100 via this link

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

 Hampshire Trust Bank
4.32% £1,000 / £250,000

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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

 UBL
4.26% £2,000 / £1,000,000

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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
4.26% £2,000 / £85,000

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  • Paid On Maturity

There's a £100 bonus on offer for new savers signing up using the code OFFER100 via this link

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
4.15% £50 / £100,000

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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

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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

Birmingham Bank
4.36% £5,000 / £250,000

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  • Paid On Maturity
  • Added to the account

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.

BLME
4.20% £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
4.15% £10,000 / £2,000,000

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Branch
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  • 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

Cynergy
4.00% £10,000 / £1m

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Branch
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  • 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
4.10% £1,000 / £1m

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Branch
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  • Paid on Anniversary
  • Paid Annually
  • Paid Away

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

Hodge Bank
4.32% £1,000 / £1,000,000

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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
4.05% £1,000 / £100,000

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  • 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


RCI Bank
4.00% £1,000 / £1,000,000

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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
4.21% £1,000 / £2,000,000

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Branch
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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

Zopa Bank
4.10% £1,000 / £250,000

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Branch
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  • 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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