Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Norway
Region
Norge;
Location of affected unit(s)
Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, other locations
Sector
Financial / Insurance/ Estate
64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
64.1 - Monetary intermediation
64.19 - Other monetary intermediation

350 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
6 October 2026
Employment effect (start)
6 October 2026
Foreseen end date
31 December 2026

Description

DNB, Norway’s largest bank, announced around 350 full-time equivalent job reductions in Norway within a wider 400-FTE restructuring of its Technology & Services division, including Riga. The cuts are due by the end of 2026.

DNB attributes the restructuring to simpler processes and AI-driven efficiency gains in customer checks, technology development and coding. Severance packages will be offered. Finansforbundet criticised the timetable and warned that AI gains need not mean job losses; Econa called for close dialogue with employee representatives.

An earlier internal restructuring involved around 100 job reductions in the same division in 2025 DNB 2025 - NO.


Citation

Eurofound (2026), DNB, Internal restructuring in Norway, factsheet number 301295, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/301295.