Eika Gruppen, formerly Terra-Gruppen, branded as Terra is a strategic alliance between 77 local Norwegian savings banks that co-ordinates work within the areas defined as falling within the alliance. The group supplies competitive products and services to banks and other actors within the financial sector. The services of Eika include joint solutions for product development, procurement of services and products relating to information technology and payment processing, project management, training and expertise development. The financial companies provides a wide range of financial products, including securities, insurance and real estate agencies, financing and debit cards and credit cards. The alliance has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway, and the ownerbanks has a total assets of NOK 250