Who we are
Nordic Financial Unions is the voice of the employees in the Nordic financial sectors. Through our seven affiliated unions in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland we represent 150.000 members, promoting their interests at the European level.
Mission
NFU – Nordic Financial Unions builds cooperation among Nordic financial trade unions and promotes their interests in Europe.
News
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NFU reflects on the newly unveiled Retail Investment Package, which entails vital changes to the EU's retail investment framework.
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NFU comments the current debate on a ban of inducements, the proposed Insolvency rules and more, in a new position paper on the Capital Markets Union Action plan.
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This year, “Nordens dag” is special for NFU as the organisation this year celebrates its 100 years anniversary. One hundred years ago a group of bank employees met in Stockholm in a first attempt to create a formalised cooperation between finance employees in the Nordics.
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Blog
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Sustainable finance and digitalisation have been dominating the finance sector for the last decade and will continue to shape the future of finance. In the middle of this transformation stand finance employees entrusted with a great responsibility to guide customers towards sustainable investments and services, and implementing digital tools in an ethic and sustainable way. Are we at a point where employers and trade unions come to the table with different solutions to completely different problems?
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On 30 June 2022, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on the Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCA), which is designed to provide a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets in the EU.
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Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held her annual State of the Union address on 14 September. These are NFU’s take aways.
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Our work
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NFU is the Nordic representative in the European Sectoral Social dialogues in Bank and Insurance, coordinating the NFU participation. By participating, NFU supports social dialogue in Europe and promotes the interests of our member unions at European level.
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NFU creates value for the affiliates by acting as a knowledge hub among trade unions in the Nordic financial sectors strengthening their cooperation and expertise.
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NFU is continuously working to improve the output of EU regulation. By monitoring the regulatory development and influencing the EU, NFU makes sure that the employee perspectives is taken into account. NFU is an active stakeholder at the EU level.