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 believes that sustainability must be addressed holistically, where social and governance aspects are given the same room and importance as environmental aspects. To be able to do this, a social taxonomy is important to address sustainable finance also from a social and governance perspective.
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Today, Nordic Financial Unions (NFU) release the report Quality work environment in the Nordic finance sector - employee wellbeing in a post-pandemic world. The report builds on the challenges and opportunities for financial employees in the Nordic countries during the pandemic and presents important learnings to bring into the new normal hybrid work life.
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This Tuesday NFU’s Management Board visited the Icelandic company Car¬bfix, a role model for carbon removal techniques. Carbfix uses a unique and self-developed method, which takes captured CO2 and turns it into stone, deep underground.
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Blog
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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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One of the latest week’s biggest stories in finance is Apple’s move into Buy now – pay later (BNPL) and lending services. This is the confirmation of rumours having circulated during the last couple of months, that Apple has been moving into cooperation with financial actors and increased their focus on financial services. Is the latest move by the US Big Tech company a game changer in financial services?
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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.