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Spron & Savings Banks
SPM moratorium prolonged till June 30th  E-mail
Monday, 25 May 2009 12:55
The moratorium of Sparisjodur Myrarsyslu (SPM) was prolonged till June 30th. The purpose of the moratorium is to prepare emergency contracts with the lenders based on the agreement with the main lenders of the fund as says in the announcement.

The supervisor in the moratorium is Sigurdur Arnalds supreme court lawyer.
 
Opening of the SPRON branches will be delayed  E-mail
Friday, 03 April 2009 20:55
photo - arni saebergNow it is clear that MP Bank will not be able to open three branches of SPRON on Monday, April 6th, as was planned when the agreement was made with the liquidating committee of SPRON about the purchase of MP Bank of the netbank and the branch network of SPRON.
 
Liquidating committee for the savings banks  E-mail
Monday, 30 March 2009 05:30
The FSA decided on Thursday to suspend the company management of the Sparisjodsbanki Islands hf in whole from their work and set a liquidating committee in stead which will take over all authorizations of the former board according to the law nr. 125/2008 about special sircumstances on the financial market.
 
Bid on SPRON assets today  E-mail
Thursday, 26 March 2009 10:39
The time limit to send in the offers for larger units and assets of SPRON expires at four pm today. Hlynur Jonsson, chairman of the liquidating committee says that then it should be clear of how many offers were for the certain units.

Over ten individuals declared earlier this week interest in making an offer in these assets, as the Netbank, stocks services, SPRON factoring and branches. Hlynur said that some hundreds of e-mails had been received with inquiries and will statements of participations. After four pm it shall be clear of how many followed the interest up with an offer.

 


News Article by noname
Translated by Anya
Original Article in Icelandic
 
Ten interested in the assets of SPRON  E-mail
Tuesday, 24 March 2009 12:59
At least ten individuals have declared interest in making an offer in the larger assets and units of SPRON. Hlynur Jonsson chairman of the liquidating committee of SPRON says that the project is now to review these errands. Then the liquidating committee will contact these individuals to discuss the possible offer process.
 
Bought the housing loans from SpKef  E-mail
Monday, 23 March 2009 17:46
The contract was signed today between Sparisjodur Keflavik and the housing financing fund about the savings bank will sell the housing financing fund the collection of mortgages for the amount of 10 billion krona, insured with collaterals in housing.

This is done according to the authorization of these purchases according to law, which were set this winter about the purchases of bonds of financial companies.
 
Sparisjodurinn goes into moratorium  E-mail
Monday, 23 March 2009 17:16
Sparisjodurinn (savings bank) of Iceland has received an authorization of a moratorium for 12 weeks according to the ruling of the district court of Reykjavik which was ruled today. The board of the bank has hired Tomas Jonsson supreme court attorney to tend to the position of the assistant of the bank while the moratorium is valid.
 
Regret how the takeover of SPRON was introduced  E-mail
Monday, 23 March 2009 16:47
The outgoing board of SPRON say in an announcement that they regret how the takeover of the FSA of the savings bank was introduced publicly of the behalf of the government since the fate of the savings bank and the banks employees was described on a live broadcast by the minister of trades last Saturday without the managers were given the chance to inform their employees about what had happened.
 
The transfer of Spron to Kaupthing finished  E-mail
Monday, 23 March 2009 10:13
The accounts of SPRON have been transfered over to new Kaupthing. All of the balances are insured according to the statements of the government. Debet and Credit cards of the clients of SPRON are open. The clients of SPRON have access to the internet bank of SPRON for the next few days but they will also have access to the internet bank of Kaupthing.
 
Close to three hundred lose their jobs  E-mail
Monday, 23 March 2009 05:30
All of the branches of SPRON will be closed and the clients directed to new Kaupthing. Close to three hundred persons will lose their jobs from SPRON and the savings banks following that the financial supervisory administration took over both companies.
 
SPRON transfers to Kaupthing  E-mail
Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:21

The FSA has taken over SPRON and the savings banks and their operations ill be moved to other financial institutions. SPRON will be trasferred to new Kaupthing and the savings banks to the central bank of Iceland. The operations of other savings banks will be insured. This is what the minister of trades, Gylfi Magnusson said at a press conference today.

 
6 savings banks request assistance  E-mail
Saturday, 21 March 2009 17:39
The financial ministry has received requests from 6 savings banks where they request government contribution. It says in the announcement that all operations of SPRON and the savings banks are heading to be moved to other financial institutions it may be expected that the problems on the Icelandic financial market is about to end.

"According to regulations issued on December 17th 2008 about contributions of the government to saving banks has the financial ministry now received the applications of Sparisjodur Nordfjardar, Sparisjodur Keflavikur, Sparisjodur Vestmannaeyja, Sparisjodur Svarfdaela, Sparisjodur Bolungarvikur and Byr Sparisjodur.