New Zealand banks have come out strongly against their regulator’s plans to enforce its proposed dashboard quarterly disclosure regime on them.
Month: December 2016
Telling the banks’ side of the story
Karen Scott-Howman has a black belt in karate, was once a documentary producer and helped launch New Zealand’s first national spelling bee. It’s not quite the background you would expect from a Wellington lawyer whose job is to be the voice of the banking industry.
Issues Paper: Review of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012
Ministry of Justice/Law Commission
KiwiSaver Advice Guidance Note
Financial Markets Authority
Consultation Document: The Dashboard Approach to Quarterly Disclosure
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Warning: credit card chargebacks and risky online investments
The New Zealand Bankers’ Association today supported the Banking Ombudsman’s warning that you shouldn’t expect to be reimbursed for authorised credit card payments to risky binary options trading websites. “Once you’ve authorised an online payment with your credit card to a binary options trading website, you can’t expect to get a chargeback if the trade… Read more »
Banks don’t know how vulnerable they are to underinsurance
Scott-Howman says banks are continuing to provide home loans in quake-affected areas. “There may be issues around insurance. In line with previous practice, banks will continue to require insurance for the properties they lend on,” she says.
Beware financial crime this festive season
As New Zealanders prepare to go on their summer holidays the New Zealand Bankers’ Association cautions people to watch out for financial crime. “At this busy time it can be easy to let our guard down. While we’re getting ready for the holidays, the fraudsters are hard at work. “They love this time of year… Read more »
Discussion Paper: Section 99(1A) of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
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