Category: Financial services

Crypto assets

Bursting the crypto bubble – why it’s time to act against social media platforms

The misleading promotion of crypto is rife on social media. BEUC's Andrew Canning explains why it's time to take action against the platforms in order to protect consumers.

/ November 30, 2023
The digital euro could offer many benefits to consumers.

The future of payments: why we need an inclusive digital euro

In an increasingly digitalised world, a digital euro offers many advantages but only if it can mirror the key characteristics of cash, writes Anna Martin.

/ October 13, 2023
Greenwashing of financial products

Only regulation with teeth can stop the greenwashing of financial products

Lost in a sea of sustainability claims, Julian Müller explains that only regulation with teeth can stop the greenwashing of financial products in this blog.

/ June 1, 2023

Sustainability reporting: the fight for more transparency in how companies behave

Upcoming changes could bring some much needed transparency to corporate sustainability reporting. BEUC's sustainable finance expert, Julian Müller explains why it matters to consumers.

/ January 27, 2023

The price of bad advice: putting a stop to conflicts of interests in financial advice

This week, civil society organisations and industry associations are organising the first ever Europea Retirement Week, dedicated to discussing the future of pensions in Europe. This is a good opportunity for BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation, to remind policymakers that...

/ November 29, 2021

Overcoming the financial hurdle to home renovation in Portugal

Portugal's housing is posing a challenge to its climate goals and illustrates the difficulties facing us to reduce emissions from buildings

/ June 25, 2021

How I learned to love climate change

Climate change brings an opportunity: to change our financial system to one that focuses on the long-term broad interests of society as a whole, Kęstutis Kupšys argues.

/ January 27, 2020

The battle of the kickbacks

The Norwegian fund market was rocked to its foundations when Sbanken, an internet retail bank, announced that it would return all retrocessions (kickbacks) to its customers.

/ December 10, 2019

Taking on the bank – Lessons from using, not abusing, our group action system.

After four years, countless hours and 1.42 million euros spent, we won the biggest group action suit in the history of our country against Norway’s biggest bank. The cheers were many, but so were the lessons. Background In 2015, The...

/ May 23, 2019
A display of euro coins

Behind the frosty glass: the EU’s Unfair Contract Terms Directive as a tool for justice in the modern financial sector

An EU directive about what is an unfair contract term is proving really helpful when it comes to protecting consumers in finance.

/ January 8, 2019