 RBS yakashumawo kuti yakanga isingachagoni kubhadhara zvikwereti zvayo zvepamutemo. RBS Group yakapa mhosva yakaderera munhoroondo yemitero yemitero uye nemigumisiro kubva kuUK 2016 United Kingdom European Union nhengo yeruzhinjinokusava nechokwadi kunokonzerwa nomugumisiro unotsigira Brexit. Mhedzisiro iyi yakaratidza, maererano neRBS, kuti Williams Glyn yaisazobudirira sebhangi rakazvimirira. Panzvimbo pezvo, Reuters yakashuma kuti Santander UK yaifarira kutenga chikamu zvachose, kunyange zvazvo Santander yakanga yaramba kutaurirana muna September 2016. CYBG plc, muridzi weClydesdale Bank neYorkshire Bank, yakasimbisa muna Gumiguru 2016 kuti yakanga yaita zvayakarondedzera se chirongwa chekutanga chisina kusungirwa cheyuniti. Mumwedzi iwoyo, RBS yakasimbisa kuti yaisazokwanisa kutengesa Williams Glyn pakupera kwa2017, zvichida ichipa European Commission kodzero yekutora kutonga kwekutengesa. Pakazosvika December 2016, zvose Santander uye CYBG akanga scaled pasi vachibhejera zvinhu zvavo, achidudza matambudziko pamwe kusanganisa matanhatu NatWest mapazi muScotland, uye pamwe kusanganisa guru yemakambani vatengi. RBS yakatanga kuongorora kutengesa zvimwe zvinhu kana kuvhara mapazi ayo aisagona kutengesa nokudaro achida vatengi vanogara mumapazi iwayo kuti vawane dzimwe nzira dzebhangi. 