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Media Release
September 11, 2025
Deutsche Bank today announced its support for the establishment of the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB), that is intended to help Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific allies finance their defence needs.
The DSRB’s ambition is to become a new multilateral bank that will provide loans to allied member states to fund investment in defence, resilience, and security supply chain systems.
The DSRB also intends to lend to defence contractors, provide guarantees on commercial loans to companies in the sector, and support defence modernisation and resilience across Europe and the Indo Pacific region. The goal is for the DSRB to be owned by sovereign allied nations from across Europe, North America, and the Indo-Pacific, and to issue AAA-rated bonds in the capital markets to fund its activity.
Deutsche Bank is joining a small group of banks that will support the DSRB on the design of sovereign lending instruments and commercial guarantees, capital structuring, investor engagement, ratings advisory, risk and asset-liability management, and debt capital markets access.
The partnership is one of multiple initiatives launched by Deutsche Bank in recent months to increase the bank’s support to European governments and the defence industry.
Earlier this year, the bank formed a cross divisional working group to bring together its expertise across products, drive the firm’s expanded commitment to the sector, and coordinate a wide-ranging programme of engagement with stakeholders across the state and private sector.
In June, Deutsche Bank became the first bank to sign an agreement with the European Investment Bank to increase liquidity to the supply chain of the European defence industry under the EIB’s expanded programme of support.
In July, the Bank hosted a European defence conference in London with more than 200 participants bringing together senior leaders from government, the aerospace and defence industries, institutional investors and military experts to discuss how Europe’s defence landscape is evolving.
The bank is committed to continuing to support ongoing efforts by the EU, the German government, the UK government and others to developing defence resilience in Europe.
A draft charter for the new defence multilateral development bank will be drawn up by the DSRB Development Group, associated banks and law firms, defence specialists and senior policy leaders, with the aim of engaging with supporting nations in the coming months.
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