Armed Forces Covenant

Showing our support for the Armed Forces

What is the Armed Forces Covenant?

The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise from the nation to those who serve. It says we will do all we can to ensure they are treated fairly and not disadvantaged in their day-to-day lives. This includes offering injured servicemen and women and bereaved families extra support where appropriate.

Add your signposting title here… Royal Bank of Scotland Support

We have a proud history in supporting the Armed Forces dating back to 1809.

Holt’s Military Banking is a specialist area of Royal Bank of Scotland providing banking support to a large number of thoses serving in the Armed Forces as well as their respective regiments, RAF stations, navy ships and bases.

At RBS plc we have nearly 40,000 military customers and received a Silver SaBRE for our support of armed services reservists in December 2014.

‘It’s vital that we do everything we can to better serve and understand the communities we do business in. We have a proud history of working with the Armed Forces and we want to serve them as well as we can as they continue to protect and serve us in the future.’

Ross McEwan, CEO

Key pledges in Royal Bank of Scotland's Covenant

Royal Bank of Scotland will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:

No member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen

Applications for credit will be treated fairly and consistently with civilian counterparts ensuring there are no disadvantages as a result of overseas postings

We will continue to support the Forces Help to Buy Scheme to enable more serving personnel to purchase their own home and enable them to rent the property out when serving overseas at no additional cost

Supporting military charities e.g raising funds for Royal British Legion through the Poppy appeal

Add your signposting title here… Common Questions

Useful links

Here are some useful links to find out more about the Armed Forces Covenant.

Ministry of Defence

Royal Bank of Scotland Covenant

Poppy Appeal

Armed Forces Covenant