Which? Recommended Savings Provider. No notice period. Deposit from £100. Interest paid monthly or annually. Apply in minutes. Your eligible deposits with RCI Bank UK Limited are protected up to a total of £85,000 by the FSCS
Instant access to your savings. Unlimited deposits and withdrawals. Interest paid monthly, either to a linked current account, or adding it to your Online Flexi Saver account. Easy application process, you just need a UK mobile phone and UK driving licence or passport. Manage account online. Maximum balance £250,000. Must be aged 18 or older and have a UK address. Must have a linked UK current account. Your eligible deposits with Investec Bank are protected up to a total of £85,000 by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)
Winner of Platinum Feefo Trusted Service Award in 2024
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Unlimited payments and withdrawals. Interest paid annually. Open in a single or a joint name. Maximum deposit £250,000. FSCS Protected. Winner of Platinum Feefo Trusted Service Award in 2024. Must be UK resident and be aged 18 or older
*Headline rate includes a guaranteed fixed bonus rate of 3.00% for the first 12 months (on balances up to £1 million), plus the standard variable rate which is currently 1.15%. After 12 months, you’ll continue to receive the standard variable rate (all rates are Gross/ AER. Annual interest payments. Unlimited deposits and withdrawals (daily limits apply). 24/7 access to your savings through the mobile app. Your eligible deposits held by a UK establishment of Barclays Bank UK PLC are protected up to a total of £85,000 by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, the UK's deposit guarantee scheme. This limit is applied to the total of any deposits you have with the following: Barclays, Barclays Business Banking, Barclays Premier Banking, Barclays Wealth Management and Tesco Bank. Any total deposits you hold above the limit between these brands are unlikely to be covered
Save from £1. Unlimited payments and withdrawals. Interest paid annually. Open in a single or a joint name. Maximum deposit £500,000. Open and manage account online. FSCS Protected. Must be UK resident. Must be aged 16 or older
Choose monthly or annual interest payments. Unlimited deposits and withdrawals. 24/7 access to your savings. Open and manage online. After 12 months the rate will revert to the underlying rate, currently 1.25% gross/AER variable. Post Office Online Saver is provided by Bank of Ireland UK. Must be UK resident. Must be aged 18 or older. FSCS protected
£500 bonus to boost your savings if you receive a residential purchase mortgage offer from Leeds Building Society
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The Home Deposit Saver lets you earn a competitive rate of interest whilst building up the deposit needed for your first or next home. Open and manage online. FSCS Protected. You can only pay in up to £500 in a single month. Withdrawals are limited to 1 each year. You can deposit up to £30,000 in total. Bonus eligibility criteria apply
Interest calculated monthly. Unlimited deposits and withdrawals. Open and manage online. FSCS Protected. Must retain a minimum balance of £20,000 in the account. Must be UK resident and be aged 18 or older
The interest rate tracks the Bank of England (BoE) Base Rate. Interest is calculated on the minimum daily balance and applied to the account on the first day of every subsequent month. Open and manage account online. Your eligible deposits are protected up to £85,000 by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. The maximum deposit you may pay into any one OakNorth Account is £500,000. The maximum amount (excluding the interest) that you will be allowed to hold on deposit with OakNorth Bank across multiple accounts is also £500,000. Unlimited withdrawals, subject to 95 days notice. Available to individuals, aged 18 or over, who are UK residents
Unlimited deposits and withdrawals. Interest paid monthly: can be added to your Notice Saver or paid to your linked account. Easy application process, you just need a UK mobile phone and UK driving licence or passport. Manage account online. Maximum balance £250,000. Withdrawals subject to 90 days notice. Must have a linked UK current account
High street banks have increased their current accountinterest rates to entice more customers to switch accounts. However, the current accounts usually have a low threshold over which interest is not paid.
If your savings goes over the interest-paying threshold, you might want to deposit the excess capital into another savings account.
The Bank of Cyprus currently offer a euro online current account, which provides competitive interest but is only available for euros.
If you want to obtain competitive interest, as well as the ability to withdraw from you savings, an instant access account could be the best option for you.
The instant access account from the Bank of Cyprus offers comparatively high interest as well as access to your savings. Unlike their current account, it is possible to deposit sterling into their instant access account.
Easy access accounts are usually more or less identical to instant access accounts, except there may be a delay when you want to make a withdrawal from your savings.
The Bank of Cyprus has an online easy access account, which allows you to earn a high rate of interest on your savings and enables you to withdraw from your savings online.
It should be noted that the high interest rate is only available for the first 12 months and reverts back to a much lower underlying interest rate thereafter.
On the whole, notice savings accounts have higher interest rates than run of the mill savings accounts. However, in exchange for higher interest, you have to give a certain amount of notice before removing funds, which can be between 40 and 95 days.
The notice account from the Bank of Cyprus offers slightly lower interest than their easy and instant access accounts, but the interest will not dramatically drop after the first year.
Fixed rate bonds often provide attractive rates of interest, which do not change over the course of the bond. Although the interest rates are higher than the majority of other savings options, you cannot withdraw from a fixed rate bond without a significant penalty.
The Bank of Cyprus provide two different fixed rate products: fixed rate bonds and flexibonds.
Their fixed rate bond runs from between 1 and 3 years with their highest rate of interest. Their flexibond offers a medium rate of interest and the ability to withdraw a certain percentage from your savings, giving you more freedom with your capital.
If you have a substantial amount of savings and you are looking to benefit from £20,000 tax-free interest ISA allowance, you could explore the ISAs the Bank of Cyprus have on offer.
The Cash ISA from the Bank of Cyprus offers the ability to withdraw from your savings and earn tax-free interest, in exchange for a lower interest rate than their other products.
