Bank Norwegian is a Norwegian digital bank which provides loans, credit cards and savings accounts to consumers.[2] The company was founded in November 2007 and is headquartered at Fornebu, Norway. It has customers in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Spain. Bank Norwegian cooperates with Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA on their loyalty program in selected markets. In 2021, the bank had more than 1.7 million customers.[3]
History
In May 2007, Norwegian announced that they planned to enter the banking sector, with Erik Jensen as CEO of the new company, Bank Norwegian. Jensen was previously CEO of yA Bank og Forsikring AS (yA Bank and Insurance).[4] In September 2007, Bank Norwegian received a commercial bank operating license from the Norwegian Ministry of Finance.[5] In October 2007 Norwegian announced that they planned to start a combined credit and bonus card program (