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Media Appearances

TVNZ - Banks join forces to fight scammers

- New Zealand Banks Association chief executive officer Roger Beaumont told 1News the scams are essentially “digital ram-raids” but he can’t reveal too much about the banks’ collaboration effort. “We can’t go into too much detail because we don’t want to give the scammers too much information, but key information can be shared between banks.”
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NZ Herald - Bank scams: MBIE, bank survey says $198m lost to scammers

- “Scams go much wider than our industry, affecting government agencies, telcos, social media companies, and internet service providers. An anti-scam centre would provide a centralised and co-ordinated multi-sector approach to fighting scams from a New Zealand-wide perspective,” Beaumont said.
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Consumer NZ - Rural banking: Are the new hubs working?

- The seven hubs are part of a trial by the New Zealand Banking Association to find a new approach to providing banking services in rural areas. Six banks are involved – ANZ, ASB, BNZ, Kiwibank, TSB and Westpac.