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To see our content at its best we recommend upgrading if you wish to continue using IE or using another browser such as Firefox, Safari or Google Chrome. Santander is the latest bank to launch competitive cash Isa products ahead of the new tax year on April 6.

The Spanish-owned bank, which has in some years shaken up the market with best buys ahead of the tax deadline, is offering a market-leading rate of 2pc on its two-year fixed-rate Isa and 1. But there's a catch: Non-customers will receive a less attractive rate of 1. Is Santander that much better? The table that offers an easy way to boost your Isa. Quirky new cash Isa updates rate according to movements in 'best buy' tables.

How Isa rules and allowances will change in It's promising to see a major high street bank launching competitive cash Isa rates as we near the end of the tax year, and, hopefully, this will encourage other banks and building societies to follow suit. The beginning of this year's Isa season — the period between February and April when providers attempt to lure in customers as they rush to use their annual tax-free allowance — was fairly lacklustre, with rates generally sliding further down.

But the market has picked up in the past couple of weeks, with a number of providers launching competitive savings deals — albeit with rates that are still disappointingly low. HSBC, Family Building Society, Charter Bank and Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks are some of the providers to launch top paying savings accounts in the past two weeks.

Santander's Isas are now the highest-paying accounts on the market, if you're a Santander customer. With savings rates so low, prudent savers are looking to new ways of maximising the returns on their cash. Nowadays, current accounts are offering an attractive alternative.

Nationwide and TSB have current accounts offering 5pc. But like the Santander current account, there are certain conditions.

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