Significant increase in demand for NIB’s financing
During the first six months of 2022, the Bank has seen a significant increase in demand for its financing. NIB agreed a total of EUR 2,203 million in new loans and disbursed EUR 2,142 million, compared to EUR 664 million and EUR 1,266 million respectively in the same period in 2021.The new lending was distributed across different sectors and countries and include sustainability-linked loans and NIB’s first purchase of a bond eligible under the Minimum Requirement for its own funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL) issued by a financial institution. “In these times, the need for the Nordic