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You can easily order a bank confirmation/bank reference in online banking. A bank confirmation is a confirmation of, for example, an account and/or customer relationship.
- Bank confirmation can be ordered in online banking.
- Processing time is approximately 1-2 business days (digital).
- The confirmation can be sent digitally or by mail.
Vouchers
How to find vouchers (2:43 mins, Norwegian)
How to do it:
In the main menu, select Accounts - New account information and click on New Account information/Recent transactions
Select the relevant account and date and click ‘Display overview’
Find the relevant payment, click on the magnifying glass under ‘Voucher’
Tip! In the archive you’ll also find a number of vouchers. You’ll find the archive under Payments in the main menu.
Under the tab Incoming payments select Archive. Select message type, account number, period and click ‘Search’.
I can’t find the year-end statement
There may be several reasons why you cannot find year-end statements:
- Year-end statements are only produced if earned interest exceeds NOK 1. If earned interest is under NOK 1, you can use the last statement for the year. This also shows the balance and earned interest in the same way as the year-end statement.
- For customers with account systems, only year-end statements for MCA and GCA accounts are produced. This means that no year-end statements are produced for operating accounts related to the account system.
- If you cannot find the year-end statement you can get in contact with your administrator. You can see who your administrator is on the right hand side of the online bank’s home page.
Year-end account statement
How to find year-end statements (1:44 mins, Norwegian)
How to find year-end account statements:
Click the information button (i) in the top right-hand corner of the online bank and select Archive
Select message type Account statement/Year-end statement
Select the account number and period and then click ‘Search’
In the archive you’ll find year-end statements going back 10 years.
Loans in DNB Finance
An administrator can download year-end statements under Year-end statements. These year-end statements become available in the archive during week 4.
Foreign currency loan/Margin-based loan
An administrator can download year-end statements under Year-end statements. These year-end statements become available in the archive during week 2.
Annual loan statement
Only administrators in the corporate online bank can retrieve annual loan statements. You can see who your administrator is on the right of the corporate online bank’s home page.
How to find year-end statements (1:44 mins, Norwegian)
The administrator will find the annual loan statements in the archive:
Click the information button (i) in the top right-hand corner of the online bank and select Archive
Select message type Year-end statement (not Statement/Year-end statement)
Select the organisation number, period and click Search
In the archive you’ll find year-end statements going back 10 years.
Credit cards - DNB Corporate Mastercard
Year-end statements are only produced for cardholders with personal liability and who have activated the partial payment option. The year-end statement is sent to the cardholder by regular post.
If you have any questions, get in contact with DNB Corporate Mastercard on tel: 21015001 or email: kundeservice@corporatemastercard.no
Defined-contribution pension/occupational pension - DNB Liv
Information is retrieved from the customer portal to DNB Liv via Other services - Pension and personnel insurance - Administer agreements. These year-end statements become available during week 4.
How to do it:
Select Reports on the left side in the menu, select Type of report and click on Invoice history/Statement.
Select desired format and date range
Click Create report
NB! The portal is only available to holders of pensions or personnel insurance with us. If you have any questions or if you don’t have access you can contact DNB Liv on 915 04800 (08:00-18:00)
Factoring
The year-end statement for factoring is sent by regular post and is not available in the online bank.
Equity trading service/Euronext Securities Oslo (VPS)
All users can download the year-end statement under Other services - Investor services - Mailbox. These year-end statements become available in the archive during week 8.
Do you not have access?
Mutual funds
All users can download the year-end statement via Archive - Year-end statement. These year-end statements become available in the archive during week 3.
If the statements are not shown here, they will be sent by regular post as soon as they are produced.
Guarantees
These year-end statements become available in the archive in the online bank during week 4.
If the statements are not shown here, they will be sent by regular post as soon as they are produced.
NB! The year-end statement is only available for administrators. You can see who the administrator is on the right side of the online bank’s home page.
Accounts in other countries
Countries outside of Norway that produce year-end statements send these out by regular post.
If you need help with foreign accounts you’ll find contact information here:
Travel insurance
The year-end statement for travel insurance is sent by regular post and is not available in the online bank.
Other year-end statements
Year-end statement
Useful information:
- Year-end statements are NOT produced on sub-accounts in a group account system. The bank only calculates interest on the top account, and this is the only one a year-end statement is produced for
- Year-end statements are only produced for Norwegian accounts
Note! Year-end statements are only produced if earned interest exceeds NOK 1. If earned interest is under NOK 1, you can use the last statement for the year. This also shows the balance and earned interest in the same way as the year-end statement.
Select which year-end statement you’re looking for:
Bank statements
In the corporate online bank you can retrieve account statements from DNB accounts in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, England and Germany:
Individual account statements:
You’ll find statements in the corporate online bank under the main menu ‘Account’ – ‘Account statements’.
Here you’ll find statements going back 18 months.
More account statements:
Go to the menu option ‘Account’ – ‘Account statements’. Here you can select the desired range and tick all the statements. These will open in a separate tab with all of the statements together.
Older account statements:
You can retrieve account statements going back up to 10 years in the archive.
Go to ‘Account’ – ‘Archive’, select ‘Account statements’/‘Year-end statements’ in the drop-down menu.
Tip! If you can’t find the account statement it may because you don’t have access to the account. Administrators in the online bank can assign rights to accounts.
Select what you’re looking for:
Balance
To check multiple accounts at the same time, go to the menu option Accounts - New Account Overview/Recent transactions.
The balance is also available at any time in the mobile banking app DNB Bedrift.
Registered payments
When you’ve registered an outgoing payment in the online bank, you’ll find these by going to the menu option Payments - Payment overview. Here you’ll find registered payments that are due.
How to find an overview of outgoing payments (2:35 mins, Norwegian)
How to do it:
Go to Payment - Payment overview
Select the account from the drop-down menu. Enter the desired search criteria.
Click on Search
Tip! If you leave the search criteria blank and click ‘Search’, you’ll see all payments which are due.
Payment overview
When the payment has been made, it can be found under History in your payment overview. You will find these by going to the menu option Payments – Payment overview - History in the online bank. Here you will find payments going back up to 2 years.
How to find an overview of outgoing payments (2:35 mins, Norwegian)
How to do it:
Go to Payments - Payment overview - History
Select the account from the drop-down menu. Enter the desired search criteria.
Click ‘Search’
Tip! If you want to search for a longer period than 1 month, select Advanced search so you can enter the date range. Please note that you can only search for three months at a time.
Overview of outgoing payments
Is it regarding a registered or completed payment?
To PDF/To Excel/To CSV file
If you would like to print or export the information you can do this in the following ways:
Find the desired period and account(s)
Print out: Select Print at the top of the page, find the right printer
To PDF: Select Print at the top of the page, find the printer called e.g. ‘Microsoft to PDF’
To Excel: Select To Excel at the top of the page
To CSV file: Select To CSV file at the top of the page
Overview of transactions
How to find recent transactions (2:08 min)
How to do it:
In the main menu, select Account and click on New Account information/Recent transactions
Select the relevant account and date
Click on Display overview
Here you’ll be able to search transactions from up to the previous two years, although the maximum search period is one year at a time.
Would you like account information in another format?
Select what you’re looking for:
Open an account
How to open an account (1:05 mins, Norwegian)
A user with an orderer role can easily open an account themselves in the online bank:
- Only available in the Norwegian online bank. Go to the menu option ‘Administration’ – ‘Open account’. Select the account type you wish to open
- Under ‘Connection and name’, select the organisation number the account should be connected to
- Under ‘Optional account name’, you can give the account a customised name that will be visible in the online bank
- Check that the address that automatically appears is correct, and change this if you’d prefer another address
- Click ‘Next’, tick to accept the terms and conditions and click on ‘Open Account’
The account is now open. It’s ready to use the next working day.
Tip! Remember that you need to assign yourself and other users rights to the new account before it’s visible and can be used.
Close customer account
Should you wish to close your customer account, you can send us an email when logged in to the online bank or start a chat in the online bank. You can also call us on +47 915 04800.
Remember that you need to download vouchers and other documentation before you close your customer account. The accounts must be at NOK 0 before you can close the customer account.
Close account
Remember to retrieve vouchers and other documentation before you close an account. Most vouchers are deleted when the account is closed, and you’ll need these for your bookkeeping.
However, account statements and year-end statements are available in the online bank for one year after closure.
How to close an account (1:15 mins, Norwegian)
A user with an orderer role can close an account themselves in the online bank:
Go to the menu option ‘Account’ – ‘Close account’
Select the company, account, date of closure
Select the account number that the balance and interest should be transferred to and click on ‘Next’
The account is now closed
Note: You will not be allowed to close the last account as you must close the customer account with the company.
Would you like to close your customer account?
Select the one you need:
Open a security deposit account
A security deposit account is opened by the landlord for a tenancy. Please note that both landlord and tenant must be, or become, a customer in DNB before the account is opened.
How to open a security deposit account (2:23 min)
A user with an orderer role in a landlord’s online bank can open an account, to do this:
Click on Accounts – Open Account. Select Security deposit account and Open a security deposit account
Fill out the information in the form and click NextRead through the order summary and the terms and conditions for the security deposit account.
Tick to confirm that you have read and understood the terms and conditions, click Confirm to complete the set-up
The account will now be opened
I’m a landlord
How to close a security deposit account (2:18 mins, Norwegian)
How to do it:
Select ‘Account’ – ‘Close account’
Select Security Deposit Account - Close Security Deposit Account. Fill out the information in the form and click Next
Read through the summary of the closure and click Confirm to complete the closure
We’ll contact the other party and inform them that a closure has been requested
Tip! If both parties send in a closure form, the closure process will be quicker
I’m a tenant
How to close a security deposit account (2:04 mins, Norwegian)
How to do it:
Select ‘Account’ – ‘Close account’
Select Security Deposit Account - Close Security Deposit Account. Fill out the information in the form and click Next
Read through the summary of the closure and click Confirm to complete the closure
We’ll contact the other party and inform them that a closure has been requested
Tip! If both parties send in a closure form, the closure process will be quicker.
Close a security deposit account
Closing a security deposit account can be initiated by either the landlord or tenant and must be carried out by a user with an orderer role in the online bank.
Are you a landlord or a tenant?
Disagreement over division of amount
If the landlord and tenant cannot agree on the division, both parties must send in a form from the online bank.
Here is the information you’ll need to include:
For landlords:
- security deposit account number;
- date tenancy ended;
- outstanding amount, outstanding overdue rent and periods it applies to;
- landlord’s account number to receive payment of rent;
- account number for disbursement of claims to landlord.
For tenant:
- security deposit account number;
- date tenancy ended;
- division of the deposit amount;
- account number for any disbursement of the deposit amount to the tenant;
- the bank will send written notice to the other party with a deadline.
Select the suitable option:
Our advisers are able to confirm who owns an account. Unfortunately we aren’t able to give out customer names or account numbers.
If you need a bank or account confirmation for your own customer account, you can start a chat when you’re logged in to the online bank and an adviser will help you.
Continue saving with fixed-rate deposit scheme
If you would like to continue saving in fixed-rate deposit scheme, you need to open a new account and a new fixed-rate agreement. This can be done by a user with an orderer role in the online bank in the following way:
Click on Accounts – Open Account, select Fixed rate deposits
Fill out the information in the form and click Next. Read through the order summary and the terms and conditions for the fixed-rate deposit scheme
Tick to confirm that you have read and understood the terms and conditions, click Confirm to complete the set-up
The account is now open
Upon expiry of a fixed interest deposit, the account will be credited with the interest from the fixed interest period and converted into a corporate savings account. If you don’t want to renew the fixed interest deposit, you don’t need to do anything.
Would you like to continue saving in a fixed-interest deposit scheme?
User roles, rights and authorisation
In the corporate online bank, we have three different roles. Note that multiple roles can be held in combination.
- Administrator: Can create users and administrators, assign rights and order new services for the company.
- Orderer: Can order new services and accounts for the company.
- User: Has read-only access and can be assigned more rights by an administrator.
Tip! Only administrators can add users in the corporate online bank.
You’ll see who is an administrator on the right of the corporate online bank’s home page.
If you have administrator access in the online bank, you can create a new user yourself.
You’ll see who is an administrator on the right of the corporate online bank’s home page.
How to do it:
- The administrator logs in to the corporate online bank
- Go to ‘Administration’ in the main menu. Below the tab ‘Buy and order’, choose ‘New, change, delete user’
- Here you’ll get four options. Tick “I’m an administrator and want to create a new user”
- Enter the national identity number, the name of the user and your contact information
Note! If the user you’re trying to add has not had their identity registered in DNB you’ll be advised of this and will be directed to another form to order identity verification.
When a user has completed the identity verification process, you can follow the steps above.
How to add a new user (2:06 mins, in Norwegian only)
First you need to add the person as an ordinary user, see “Add new user” above.
When the user has been created, you can request that the person be assigned roles such as administrator and/or orderer.
How to do it:
- Go to ‘Administration’ in the main menu. Below the tab ‘Buy and order’, choose ‘New, change, delete user’
- Then tick “I want a user to be given administrator/orderer access (requires signature)”
- Enter the user ID of the user you want to change. If you don’t know what the user ID is, you can find it by selecting ‘Administration’ in the main menu and going to ‘Privileges’ - ‘Manage users’
- When you have filled out the form you will receive a receipt for what you have ordered and the agreement will be sent out for eSigning, normally within one working day
Tip! If you don’t know the user ID of the user you want to change, you’ll find a list of users by going to ‘Administration’ - ‘Privileges’ - ‘Manage users’.
How to change users (2:16 mins, in Norwegian only)
If you want to add someone who doesn’t have a Norwegian national identity number or temporary social security number (D-number), we need you to do the following:
1. Fill out the form
Fill out the service agreement and sign in accordance with the certificate of registrationIf the person has not already had their identity verified in DNB, a signature sample and certified copy of the new user’s passport must be sent in:
- A copy of the passport must be certified by either: Notary Public, police station, lawyer, auditor, estate agent or bank/financial institution
2. Return the form to us:
You can choose whether to send it in by email or by regular post
- Email: Click ‘Send email’ on the right side of the home page in the corporate online bank
- Regular post:
DNB Bank ASA
Drift Konto
PO Box 1600 Sentrum
0021 Oslo
For forms in English see here for the service agreement and here for the signature sample
Administrators in the online bank can delete a user in the online bank:
- Go to the menu option ‘Administration’ and select ‘New, Change, Delete User’
- Select “I’m an administrator and want to delete a user”
- Enter the user ID for the user you want to delete and click ‘Continue’
- Confirm deletion by completing the form
If you want to delete an administrator, you can do this by:
- Selecting ‘Administration’ - ‘New, Change, Delete User’
- Select “I want to delete or change an administrator (requires signature)”
- Enter the user ID for the user you want to delete and click ‘Continue’
- Ehen you have filled out the form you will receive a receipt and the agreement will be sent out for signing, normally within one working day
Tip! If you don’t know the user ID of the user you want to delete, you’ll find a list of users by going to ‘Administration’ - ‘Privileges’ - ‘Manage users’.
How to delete a user (1:28 min, in Norwegian only)
When logged in to the online bank, administrators can share rights with other users in the accounts.
Do you only want to make a change for one user?
- Go to ‘Administration’ in the main menu. Under ‘Privileges’, choose ‘Accounts’
- Enter the user ID or name and click ‘Search’
Do you want to change multiple users’ rights on one account?
- Go to ‘Administration’ in the main menu. Under ‘Privileges’, choose ‘Accounts’
- Select the account you want to change the rights for and click ‘Search’
- You can then change the rights for all users
Tip! If you’re not able to change the rights for a user, check if ‘All users - All accesses’ is ticked. It should not be ticked.
To change this, go to ‘Administration’ - ‘Privileges’ - ‘Manage users’. Remove the tick from ‘All users - All accesses’ and click ‘Save’.
When this tick is removed, you can assign rights to users.
How to share rights in the corporate online bank (2:24 mins, in Norwegian only)
Authorisation is required in order to give or get access to an account in another company.
You can choose to give just read-only access, or whether the account can be loaded in another online bank.
How to do it:
- In the main menu, select ‘Account’. Under the tab ‘Buy and Order’, select ‘Give/Receive Account Authorisation’
- Fill out the information about the proxy or principal, the accounts the company will have authorisation to access, and which rights will be included in the authorisation
- We recommend that you sign using BankID for a quicker process
eSigning is sent out after one working day. The authorisation is ready one working day after the signing is complete.
Tip! If you need to provide authorisation but don’t have corporate online banking, the other party must order this from their online bank.
How to give authorisation in the online bank (0:52 mins, in Norwegian only)
Questions and answers
If you cannot retrieve information, it may be that you don’t have the correct access/rights. Get in touch with your administrator. You’ll find your administrator on the right-hand side when you’re logged in to the online bank.
If the online bank for the company has been closed, you can call us on +47 915 04800 and we’ll help you with everything you need.
For rented properties in Oslo, Trøndelag, and some municipalities in Vestland and Viken, lawsuits must be filed by bringing the case before the Rent Disputes Committee.
This applies to the following municipalities:
Vestland: Alver, Austrheim, Askøy, Austevoll, Bergen, Bjørnafjorden, Bømlo, Eidfjord, Etne, Fedje, Fitjar, Kvam, Kvinnherad, Masfjorden, Modalen, Osterøy, Samnanger, Stord, Sveio, Tysnes, Ullensvang, Ulvik, Vaksdal, Voss and Øygarden.
Viken: Asker, Aurskog-Høland, Bærum, Eidsvoll, Enebakk, Frogn, Gjerdrum, Hurdal, Lillestrøm, Lørenskog, Nannestad, Nes, Nesodden, Nittedal, Nordre Follo, Rælingen, Ullensaker, Vestby and Ås.
For rented properties in other counties and business premises, lawsuits must be filed to the conciliation board.
The authorisation will be used in those cases where corporate accounts are accessed electronically in a corporate online bank subscription that doesn’t belong to the account owner.
Administrators can easily close a corporate account in the online bank under ‘Account’ – ‘Close account’.
Note: It’s not possible to close an account in the online bank if it has payment services such as OCR or cards associated with it. The balance on the account must also be NOK 0. Start a chat in the online bank or call us on +47 915 04800 and we’ll be happy to help you.
PS: You cannot close the last account in your customer account. When you want to completely close your customer account, see ‘Would you like to close your customer account?"
Should you wish to close your customer account, you can send us an email when logged in to the online bank or start a chat in the online bank. You can also call us on +47 915 04800.
Remember that you must transfer the current balance from the online bank before an account can be closed and customer relationship can be terminated.
See also
Corporate online bank
Useful tips and tricks to get the most out of the corporate online bank
File transfer
Error messages, sending and getting payment files in the corporate online bank
Payments
Find answers to your questions about incoming payments, files and payment solutions
ERP and integration
Banking integration, accountants and accounting-approved payments