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
Bank of Ireland UK M&G
Bank of Scotland Nationwide Building Society
Barclays NatWest
C. Hoare & Co. NewDay
Coutts Principality Building Society
Coventry Building Society Revolut
Credit Suisse Royal Bank of Scotland
Cynergy Bank Sainsbury’s Bank
Danske Bank (Northern Bank) Santander
Darlington Building Society Starling Bank
Gemini Tesco Bank
Halifax The Co-operative Bank
Handelsbanken TSB Bank
HSBC Ulster Bank North
Intelligent Finance Vanquis
Lloyds Bank Virgin Money
Metro 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 fallen for a scam and report it to Action Fraud.

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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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