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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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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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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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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver her third State of the European Union (SOTEU) address on 14 September 2022. Last year, the President announced several important policies in the speech many relating to digital, due diligence as well as sustainable finance. NFU argues for sustainability in the economy and for more climate protection.
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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.
Read more
| NFU News
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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| NFU News
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver her third State of the European Union (SOTEU) address on 14 September 2022. Last year, the President announced several important policies in the speech many relating to digital, due diligence as well as sustainable finance. NFU argues for sustainability in the economy and for more climate protection.
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NFU is strengthening its regulation and lobbying work and is happy to welcome Anna-Delia Papenberg to the team in Stockholm.
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All information about the project, the project reports, recordings from the workshops and of the final conference is now available at the project website.
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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.
Read more
| NFU Blog
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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NFU Policy Advisor Simon Jernberg attended the Brussels Economic Forum. Read his reflections in this NFU Blog.
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The rapid digital development of financial services during the Covid-19 pandemic have enabled Fintech and Big Tech companies to strengthen their position in the financial markets says a new report from the Financial Stability Board. What implications might this have for the financial markets structures and what approach should be taken towards this development?
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Today, on International women’s day, NFU highlights the issue of gender equality in the finance sector.
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The NFU Conference 2019 "Finance for All: Finance for a European Society”, a two-day inspiring discussion on the
current and future role of the financial sector for achieving inclusive and sustainable societies, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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NFU and UMF is organizing a joint meeting in Rome.
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The NFU Management Board consists of eight representatives from the NFU member unions who normally convene four times a year.
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In a new survey, respondents representing 35.000 employees from the finance sector in the Nordic countries evaluate the impact of the new regulatory requirements - and the results are worrying. Nordic Financial Unions (NFU) invites you to a conference to discuss effects, trends and the future of financial regulation.
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How have EU finance reforms affected the Nordic model in the financial sector? CBS and Nordic Financial Unions (NFU) invite you to a seminar to discuss the latest research on the Nordic implementation of EU financial rules.
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The Nordic model disrupted: A seismic shift or a natural development?
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