Open Letter to the European Parliament requesting amendments to the Requirements for Application to the Erasmus+ Traineeship Grants

We are writing to you on behalf of BETTER FINANCE – The European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, AEGEE–Europe (the European Students’ Forum) and EUROCHAMBRES – the Association ...
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Wirecard AG: an outrageous case of corporate governance, external auditing and supervisory failures, once again at the expense of investors and pension savers

It is with surprise that BETTER FINANCE and its member organisations representing financial services users read the headline on 18 June 2020 that Wirecard AG (“WD”), one of Europe’s FinTech ...
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BETTER FINANCE celebrates its 10-year Anniversary & elects Axel Kleinlein from the German BdV as its new President

At the beginning of the week, BETTER FINANCE and its Member Organisations gathered in Bucharest, Romania, to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services ...
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BETTER FINANCE ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS

BETTER FINANCE is honoured to announce the establishment of the BETTER FINANCE Scientific Committee to further support and strengthen its research activities. The Scientific Committee consists of highly skilled and ...
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BETTER FINANCE Key Priorities for the Next Five Years │ 2019-2024

A strong European CMU requires the trust of citizens as individual investors, policy holders, pension savers and other savers. And defusing the pensions time bomb requires positive and decent real ...
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BETTER FINACNE Feedback on the Commission’s Proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework for the period 01/01/2021-31/12/2027

BETTER FINANCE welcomes this opportunity to comment on the proposal for a regulation establishing the programme for a single market and competitiveness of enterprises which will continue to support the ...
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BETTER FINANCE feedback to the Regulation on charges on cross-border payments in the EU and currency conversion charges

BETTER FINANCE welcomes this proposal to extend the Regulation on cross-border transactions to non-euro Member States for cross-border transactions in Euros sent or received within the EU. Transactions in Euros ...
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