Norway embassies in 82 countries. 60 countries maintain an embassy in Norway, all of them in the capital, Oslo. Norway is a founding member of the United Nations (UN), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Council of Europe and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Norway issued applications for accession to the European Union (EU) and its predecessors in 1962, 1967 and 1992, respectively. While Denmark, Sweden and Finland obtained membership, the Norwegian electorate rejected the treaties of accession in referenda in 1972 and 1994. After the 1994 referendum, Norway maintained its membership in the European Economic Area (EEA), an
Capital First Ltd. was created. In 2013-14, the Company received the Housing Finance Company (HFC) License from National Housing Bank (NHB) for its wholly owned subsidiary Capital First Home Finance Limited. Capital First also launched new products like SME Business Loans, personal loans, affordable housing and scaled up the existing businesses. Between 2014 and 2017, Capital First has raised significant funding through investments from PE players and Qualified Institutional Placements (QIP). Reputed financial institutions across the world like Government Pension Fund Global (Norway), Jupiter Asset Management, Ashburton Limited, DNB Asset management (Norway), Nomura Asset Management, BNP Paribas Asset Management have invested in Capital