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Grong Sparebank is an independent Norwegian savings bank with roots dating back to 1862. The bank's headquarters are located in its traditional market of Grong municipality in Trøndelag county. With six additional branches, its core markets have expanded to cover the majority of northern Trøndelag county and Helgeland in Nordland county. Grong Sparebank provides traditional banking services to retail customers and SMEs. Grong Sparebank is a member of the Eika Alliance, an association of small and medium-sized Norwegian savings banks.

• Read more about Søgne og Greipstad Sparebank

Søgne og Greipstad Sparebank is an independent Norwegian savings bank established in 1863. The bank's traditional market encompasses the former municipalities of Søgne and Songdalen, now merged with Kristiansand municipality, in southern Norway. Its head office is located in Søgne, with additional offices in Nodeland and Vågsbygd, to the west and southwest of Kristiansand. 

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• Read more about Hegra Sparebank

Hegra Sparebank is an independent Norwegian savings bank with roots dating back to 1897. The bank's primary market encompasses the Værnes region in Trøndelag county, east of Trondheim. In addition to traditional banking services, the bank owns an accounting services firm (Eika Økonomi Midt-Norge AS), a local real-estate agency (Aktiv Stjørdal AS) and a commercial real-estate company (Titan Næring AS). Hegra Sparebank is a member of the Eika Alliance, an association of small and medium-sized Norwegian savings banks.

• Read more about Pareto Bank ASA

Pareto Bank is a Norwegian niche bank headquartered in Oslo. The bank was founded in 2007 and is, via a 20% ownership stake, associated with the Pareto Group, a financial services group specializing in brokerage, investment banking, asset management, and financing. Pareto Bank provides credit facilities, construction loans, refinancing, investment loans, and other corporate banking products. It is especially known for project financing, particularly in real estate, but also finances investments in securities as well as shipping projects.

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• Read more about Vestland Fylkeskommune

Vestland county was established in 2020 following a merger of the former counties of Hordaland and Sogn & Fjordane. Occupying an area of 33,870sqkm, Vestland is the westernmost of Norway's 15 counties and ranks third in terms of population with 650 thousand inhabitants. The county houses 43 municipalities with Bergen as the largest municipality as well as largest city, equally county capital. Other larger urban areas are Stord and Førde.