Lobbying the new European Commission

av | aug 10, 2015 | NFU News

NFU News 2015-08-10NFU News What do the new Commissioners in the EU have in common? They need to gather vast amounts of information about their respective policy areas. One of the ways they go about this is to have meetings with lobbyists. Upon assuming office,...

In memory of Jan-Erik Lidström

av | jul 7, 2015 | NFU News

NFU News 2015-07-07NFU News On Midsummer’s Day 2015, the former General Secretary of NFU Jan-Erik Lidström suddenly passed away at the age of 73. Jan-Erik became General Secretary for the then NBU – Confederation of Nordic Bank Employees – in 1977. After successfully...

Thoughts from the 46th floor

av | jul 3, 2015 | NFU News

NFU News 2015-07-03NFU News It is fitting perhaps that I concluded the last week before the summer break at London’s Canary Warf, Europe’s and indeed the world’s financial center. London was experiencing somewhat of a heatwave. On the lawns outside the One Canada...

NFU supports bank employees in Italy

av | okt 31, 2013 | NFU News

NFU News 2013-10-31NFU News An article in the LA Times describes financial industry lobbyists’ incessant pressure on lawmakers implementing the financial reform bill in the US. Having failed to block financial reform, the industry is now focused on the next best...

Should Nordic banks do more?

av | apr 10, 2013 | NFU News

NFU News NFU News CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS. How can we make sure banks will not need governments to bail them out if a new crisis hits them? What is needed to make financial institutions safeguard employees’ jobs and tax payers’ money in the future? The EU believes in...