Norges Bank Account Management Terms: 2027 Draft Retires Test Keys
Norges Bank account management terms: the 2027 draft adds a change-notice duty and ends the contingency account and test keys. Comments due 1 December 2026.
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NBO Prices and Fees 2027: Norges Bank Lifts Charges About 3%
Norges Bank published Circular 4/2026 on 30 October 2026, setting the NBO prices and fees for 2027 in its settlement system. Prices rise by approximately 3 percent compared with 2026, which puts the fixed monthly price for a Group A1 bank at 798,000, up from 778,000. The breach fees do not change. Banks with an…
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NBO Operating Schedule Under T+1: Norges Bank’s 16:45 Incident Cut-Off
On 16 October 2026 Norges Bank wrote to banks, financial institutions and banking industry organisations with a proposed NBO operating schedule for the EU move to T+1 securities settlement, with a revised incident management framework. The English consultation page shows publication on 20 October 2026, and Norges Bank expects to publish the final schedule in…
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Norges Bank Circular 3/2026: New Reserve Quotas From 1 October
On 1 September 2026 Norges Bank published Circular 3/2026, and from 1 October 2026 it sets the reserve quotas that decide how much of each counterparty bank’s overnight deposit at the central bank earns the key policy rate. Deposits up to a bank’s quota are remunerated at the policy rate. Anything above the quota earns…
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Norges Bank Financial Infrastructure Report 2026: What Nordic PSPs Must Track
Read the Norges Bank Financial Infrastructure Report 2026 as a status update and you will miss the part that lands on your desk. It reads reassuring on day one and demanding on day two: Norges Bank says the Norwegian payment system runs well, with stable operations and few disruptions, then spends most of its pages…