Sbanken

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Sbanken ASA
Company type Public Allmennaksjeselskap
OSE: SBANK
ISIN NO0010739402
Industry Financial services
Predecessor Skandiabanken
Founded2000
2015 (as separate company)
Founder Skandia
Headquarters Bergen, Norway
Area served
Norway
Revenue
  • Decrease2.svg 1,403,691,000 NOK (2021)
  • 1,458,548,000 NOK (2020)
  • Decrease2.svg 924,193,000 NOK (2021)
  • 1,077,662,000 NOK (2020)
  • Decrease2.svg 767,230,000 NOK (2021)
  • 784,603,000 NOK (2020)
Total assets
  • Increase2.svg 79,110,860,000 NOK (2021)
  • 75,488,860,979 NOK (2020)
Number of employees
400
Website sbanken.no

Sbanken ASA is a Norwegian online bank headquartered in Bergen. [1]

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The CEO is Øyvind Thomassen. [2]

History

The bank was founded by Skandia as a branch of its existing bank in Sweden, Skandiabanken, on April 27, 2000, and became the first online-only bank in Norway. [3] [4] Skandiabanken Norway was separated from Skandiabanken Sweden and further Skandia group in 2015, becoming its own company Skandiabanken ASA, and was consequently renamed Sbanken ASA on November 6, 2017. [5] [6]

In August 2020, Sbanken had 460,000 customers, and as of 31 December 2019, it had total assets of approx. 93 billion. [7] The bank has over 400 employees. [8]

Sbanken ASA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. [9] [10]

In and by mid 2022 after decisions made by Norwegian government bureau for complaints on decisions made by the Norwegian government department for commerce and competition in the summer of 2022 the Norwegian bank giant DNB (Den Nederdrektige Bank) was finally allowed to buy and take over its competitor, despite the Norwegian government office for competition banning the take over attempt earlier in the year and stopping the takeover in 2021.

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