Tag: banking
More taxpayers reveal hidden fortunes
Nearly 300 more Norwegians reported formerly hidden taxable fortunes to tax authorities last year, double the number the year before. They collectively sat on...
Banks finally trim rates, housing prices rise
It took them a few weeks, but more banks in Norway are finally lowering their interest rates on loans after a Danish competitor goaded them...
Interest rates unchanged
Norway's central bank board hasn't raised or lowered the country's key lending rate since March 2012, and its members didn't make any changes this week...
Norway should be cash-free by 2020
Finance industry organization Finans Norge said Norwegian consumers should only be paying by card, netbank or on mobile phones within six years. The group...
DNB ‘most solid’ but shares suffered
Norway's largest bank, DNB, has reported more huge profits in its second quarter and described itself as one of the world's "most solid" banks. That...
DNB plagued by more online trouble
Norway's largest bank, DNB, was experiencing more trouble this week with its online banking and automatic payment system, and blamed it on errors and...
Banks cut number of ATMs in Norway
A reduction in the use of cash in Norway is prompting Norwegian banks to reduce the number of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) they have...
Biggest banks cut interest rates
Several of Norway's major banks cut interest rates on home loans this week after months of customer and political protests. The country's largest bank,...
Mobile banking charges cost Telenor
Norwegian telecom giant Telenor angered customers by announcing it would start charging users every time they access the Bank ID function on their mobile...
Critics blast bank bosses’ bonus
The bosses of Norway's biggest bank, DNB, were being accused of virtually thumbing their noses at their own employees, their customers and hundreds of...
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