Dutch banks spend millions on lobby through their own channels, through interest groups like the Association of Dutch Banks (VNB) and through lobby organisations in the Netherlands, the EU and worldwide. At the same time,…
In reaction to SOMO’s new report ‘Taking lobbying public‘, Dutch banks have pledged to increase their transparency. The report found that banks are still not making all the required information about their lobbying activities available…
The four largest Dutch banks annually receive a hidden ‘subsidy’ of between 4.1 and 12.3 billion euros. This is the amount of money they save on their financing expenses because creditors can assume the Dutch…
