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NFU reflections on the European Commission’s new proposed legislation on AML/CFT
In the end of July, the European Commission presented their proposal on strengthened legislation on Anti Money Laundering and Countering Terrorism Financing (AML/CFT) rules. The proposed legislation includes both the strengthening of existing legislati...
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First look at the new sustainable finance strategy
In my previous post, we were counting down to the Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy and reflecting on some of the main challenges and opportunities it could address. On July 6th, the Strategy was finally presented – and while many of our points have...
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NFU takes a seat in the Nordic Council’s Civil society network
Nordic Financial Unions (NFU) is honored to be one of the 40 civil society organisations to take a seat in the Nordic Council’s Network for Civil society organisations. The aim of the network is to strengthen the voice of the civil society in the work t...
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Ahead of the Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy
With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement, the discussions on sustainable finance started to gain traction. One of the reasons for this was the realization that the achievement of the commitments and ambitions...
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Report follow up – Compliance still affecting the workload but digitalization can be a helping tool
NFU has conducted a follow up on the results from the thorough report from 2018 Coping with Compliance. The idea was to see if there have been any changes in the field of coping with compliance during the last three years.
In 2018 NFU conducted a...
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EU Commission proposes regulation on AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being adopted by the financial industry at an increasing pace these years. Some estimates the AI market growing at 33% for the next six years and in a McKinsey study from 2020, 50% of their respondents reporting that thei...
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Michael Budolfsen and Susanne Lindberg re-elected as President and Vice President of NFU
The NFU Union Council of 2021 took place digitally at 23th of April. Thanks to a good cooperation with TCO we could have a nice setting for the digital council. Despite the meeting being digital, the council had a nice turnout of participants.
At the co...
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Simon Jernberg Appointed as new Policy Advisor at NFU
We are happy to welcome Simon Jernberg as Nordic Financial Unions new Policy Advisor. Simon Jernberg has a large interest in international politics, policy and advocacy work. After graduating from Stockholm University, he has been working in different i...
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Joint Fintech project: Register for the first virtual workshop
UNI Europa Finance, NFU and Gothenburg University are happy to invite you to the first virtual workshop of our joint research project on the impact of Fintech companies on the financial sector, and the role of trade unions in this landscape....