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NFU launches its first take on Open Finance Framework
Today, NFU publishes its first analysis of the Open Finance Framework, challenges and opportunities. This upcoming legislative proposal was already foreseen for summer 2022, and is postponed until 2023. NFU anticipates the publication with great expecat...
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NFU analysis – European Commission communication on strengthening EU social dialogue
Last week, the European Commission launched actions to strengthen social dialogue at national and EU levels. NFU welcomes these initiatives and provides an initial analysis of their impact on the Nordic finance sector.
The Commission released its...
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Skills and competences: the key for a prospering and secure finance sector
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 gu...
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NFU Position paper – Artificial Intelligence in the Nordic finance sector
NFU is today publishing a Position paper on Artificial Intelligence in the Nordic finance sector. The paper is addressing the risks, challenges, and opportunities for finance employees connected to AI systems.
The rapid development in the use of A...
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Implementation briefing to go – Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA)
This briefing is intended to give an overview over new regulation from the EU and help you to grasp what changes it will bring and how the legislative proposal has evolved over time. This briefing is about the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA).
On...
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NFU’s view on a Social taxonomy
As Social Europe and European Economic and Social Committee renew their calls for a social taxonomy, NFU takes the opportunity to reiterate our concerns and demands on a social taxonomy.
The Environmental taxonomy is hanging on the silken thr...
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NFU Press release: New NFU report shows that flexibility in where, when and how work is done is key for financial employees’ wellbeing in hybrid work life
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 coun...
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SOTEU 2022 – Strong on symbolism, weak on substance
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave her annual State of the Union address on 14 September. It was strong on symbolism but weak on substance—at least for the Nordic and European financial industry and its employees. These are NFU’s takeaways....
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NFU visit Carbfix carbon capture plant
This Tuesday NFU’s Management Board and Secretariat visited the Icelandic company Carbfix, a role model for carbon removal techniques.
Carbfix uses a unique and self-developed method, which takes captured CO2 and turns it into stone, dee...