Recognise passes on full Bank Base Rate rise to all its Business and Personal Savers

Following the Bank of England rate increase, Recognise Bank has announced it will be increasing its rates by 0.25% AER across all their Business and Personal Savings variable products.

Monna Patel, Head of Savings at Recognise Bank, said: “I am thrilled to announce that we are increasing the savings rate for all our Personal and Business Variable Savings customers. This is fantastic news for or savers and reflects our commitment in supporting our UK savers.”

The new rate increase will be effective from Monday 17th April 2023 across all our variable savings products.

All of Recognise Bank’s Savings Accounts are FSCS protected up to the maximum for £85,000. They have been designed to be quick to open and easy to manage online, with telephone customer service support if required. Savers also don’t need to have a current account or any other product with Recognise to be able to open a Savings Account.

Steve Pateman

Steve has had an extensive executive career in banking, leading corporate and commercial banking businesses at RBS/NatWest, managing Santander’s UK banking businesses and as CEO of Shawbrook Bank, Hodge Banking Group and most recently successfully leading the banking licence application for StreamBank.

He is a non-executive Director at Bank of Ireland both in the UK and Dublin and Thin Cats, a specialist SME lending business and is retained as an advisor to Black Lion Ventures. He was previously President of the Chartered Banker Institute.

Steve took up the role of Chair (subject to regulatory approval) at Recognise Bank in November 2024, having served as an Investor Non-Executive Director since January 2024.