Tag: banking
Banks set up ‘digital defense center’
Nordic banks have agreed to mount a common front against cyber attacks, in the form of what they're calling a "digital defense center" based in Oslo....
Government acts to curb consumer debt
Norway's conservative government coalition, alarmed by the growth of consumer debt in the country, followed through this week on plans to curb it. Three ministries...
Oil Fund asked to dump pipeline, coal
The president of Norway's Sami Parliament (Sametinget) accompanied women from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to a meeting in Oslo this week, where they appealed to...
DNB pulls out of Dakota Pipeline
Norway's biggest bank, DNB, has responded to public protests and political criticism over its involvement in the highly controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project in...
DNB customers suffered more online banking trouble
Norway's largest bank, DNB, had another breakdown in its online banking and mobile payments systems on Monday. Customers were unable to long in, for...
DNB hit by more systems failure
UPDATED: All systems were far from "go" at Norway's biggest bank, DNB, on Thursday. For the second time in a week, DNB had to...
DNB’s troubles cut into CEO’s bonus
Rune Bjerke, chief executive of Norway’s largest bank DNB, has had his annual bonus trimmed by more than 10 percent after a year of...
Banks team up on new mobile pay system
Around 100 Norwegian banks have joined forces with Norway's largest bank, DNB, to use DNB's new mobile payment system known as Vipps. Among them...
DNB ‘shamed’ again over Dakota pipeline
Major Norwegian bank DNB is fending off more trouble over its involvement in the highly controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project in the US. An equally controversial...
Sami still standing with Standing Rock
News this week that US President Donald J Trump plans to defy Native Americans and resume construction of the disputed Dakota Access Pipeline has...
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