Lands­bank­inn changes fixed rates on non-in­dexed hous­ing mort­gages

The use of bank notes in Europe is decreasing and especially in the Nordic countries. Increased digitalisation in commerce and trade and the pandemic have accelerated that development. Measures against money laundering have restricted foreign currency trading in cash severely and rules and legislation to prevent money laundering have been tightened, most notably in the Nordics.

Landsbankinn's branches and customer service centre will be closed during Easter and will open again on Tuesday 2 April.

Landsbankinn lowers interest rates on new, non-indexed housing mortgages with fixed rates.

Due to maintenance work at the Icelandic Banks' Data Centre (RB), certain of Landsbankinn’s services will be unavailable Saturday night through to Sunday morning, 16-17 March. Service disruptions are expected to last from around midnight on Saturday 16 March through to 7:00 on Sunday morning, 17 March.

Landsbankinn’s app has been nominates in the category “App of the Year 2023” at the Icelandic Web Awards, which take place on 15 March.

You can now refinance your housing mortgage even more easily on our web or through Landsbankinn’s app. Refinancing of housing mortgages has never been quicker or more convenient.

Landsbankinn will cease buying and selling cash in three Nordic currencies in the near future. These currencies are Norwegian, Swedish and Danish krona. 

Landsbankinn’s second Financial Forum in Polish was extremely well attended. The Financial Forums are a series of educational events held by Landsbankinn and last week’s event in Reykjanesbær was co-hosted by the Keflavík and Environs Labour and Seaman Union.

Landsbankinn offers the people of Grindavík who hold fixed-rate housing mortgages with the Bank and who decide to sell their housing to the State, the option to keep the terms of the old mortgage on the purchase of new homes.

The chat function on Landsbankinn’s website has now become even better with the addition of a new chatbot that responds to simple yet varied queries about banking and finance and can help customers in the use of self-service solutions.