Postbanken was founded in 1948 after major political battle as
Norges Postsparebank with the goal to incurate to
savings, though the maximum amount allowed to be saved per person was set to
NOK 10,000. In 1948, the bank had services provided at 3,600
post offices and post outlets. The first loans were often large and given to investments in rural areas. Until 1999, the bank was owned by the
Government of Norway, but then it was merged with
DnB NOR. The bank dissolved in 2011. In 2001, the Postal Giro System was bought by
Bankenes Betalingssentral and the year after the two
giro systems merged, making the 60-year-old postgiro system history. ==External links==