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‘Behavioral perspective on money matters’ publication presented

20 December 2023 Reading time: 1 min
News Financial security
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Last week, the "Behavioral Perspective on Money Matters" was published and handed over to Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag. The publication is an initiative of the Consumer Choices Action Plan, in which more than 50 organizations from the financial sector - including DUFAS - science and government work together. It combines best practices from financial service providers, behavioral science and government, with insights from the literature.

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Greater understanding of the financial self-sufficiency of Dutch people

In 2022 - together with the Ministry of Finance and the Dutch Banking Association - as part of the same action plan, we also conducted an investigation into warnings on investment products. Do investment warnings do what they are supposed to do or do they just scare people away? Even for those where investing does add value. And how can we remove these barriers for the Dutch?

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Want to know more about the initiatives of the organizations active within the Consumer Choices Action Plan? You can read the publication "Behavioral Perspectives on Money Matters" at Rijksoverheid.nl.

Marlon Jansen

Manager of European Affairs & Communications

mj@dufas.nl
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