Interest rate hike predicted

Norway's central bank Governor Svein Gjedrem reiterated yesterday that the bank's next rate rise would likely come

Kredittbanken ASA makes offer for FactoNor AS

The Icelandic bank Islandsbanki said on 11 April that its Norwegian subsidiary Kredittbanken ASA had made an offer for all shares in the Norwegian factoring services provider FactoNor AS.

Ex-financier hit with record jail term

Trond G Kristoffersen, co-founder and former chief executive of scandal-ridden Finance Credit, was sentenced to nine years in prison on Tuesday. It's the stiffest prison term for white-collar crime ever handed down in Norway.