The Take Five Charter

The Take Five Charter sets out how signatories will deliver consistent and concerted use of the campaign messages and logo throughout their customer communications. The Charter sets out the minimum expectations required of signatories which may include prominently displaying the Take Five messaging. The Charter applies to all individual organisations/brands who sign up to it.

Signatories:

Adam & Company Monzo
American Express M&G
Bank of Ireland UK Nationwide Building Society
Bank of Scotland NatWest
Barclays NewDay
C. Hoare & Co. Principality Building Society
Coutts Revolut
Coventry Building Society Royal Bank of Scotland
Credit Suisse Sainsbury’s Bank
Cynergy Bank Santander
Danske Bank (Northern Bank) Starling Bank
Darlington Building Society Tesco Bank
Gemini The Co-operative Bank
Halifax TSB Bank
Handelsbanken Ulster Bank North
HSBC Vanquis
Intelligent Finance Virgin Money
Lloyds Bank Wise
Metro Bank Zopa Bank

 

Stop

Taking a moment to stop and think before parting with your money or information could keep you safe.

Challenge

Could it be fake? It’s ok to reject, refuse or ignore any requests. Only criminals will try to rush or panic you.

Protect

Contact your bank immediately if you think you’ve been scammed and report it to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk or on 0300 123 2040. 

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Toolkit

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Scam warning: Criminals may purport to be from Take Five, using our official branding on websites, social media posts, literature, on the phone or by text. Take Five doesn’t provide endorsement or approval for any products/services and would never call or text anyone.

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