30/10/2025
NZBA supported its proposals to further increase RBNZ’s proposals and bring SRW granularity into alignment with APRA.
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Media
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26/10/2025
The couple have begun meeting with banks, MPs, and are preparing for a meeting with Roger Beaumont, chief executive of the Banking Association, the political lobbying body for the banking industry.
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21/10/2025
The New Zealand Banking Association has welcomed the government’s move to fix an inconsistency in the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act, ensuring disclosure errors are treated consistently whether they occurred before or after 2019.
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21/10/2025
“We are disappointed that the government has decided to exclude the ongoing court cases. The principle of a just and equitable approach should be confirmed to apply to all. Government officials recommended that existing cases be included in the law change, and the government previously accepted that advice.”
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20/10/2025
The New Zealand Banking Association today welcomed the government’s decision to accept the Finance and Expenditure Committee’s recommendation to fix an anomaly in the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act. This will confirm disclosure errors for loans will be treated in the same way whether they occurred before or after 2019. New Zealand Banking Association...
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17/10/2025
“Banks have invested heavily in the development of APIs to make open banking a reality,” he said, noting the regulations had landed just six weeks before Dec 1.”
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16/10/2025
In its application, the banking association says Armourguard had begun exercising “behaviour that would not be expected in a workably competitive market”.
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15/10/2025
The NZBA report found 40% of home loan customers are making more than their minimum repayments, while only 1.5% are behind on payments.
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14/10/2025
A quarter of all new home loans went to first home buyers in the first half of this year, data from the New Zealand Banking Association’s retail insights show.
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14/10/2025
“Many of our banks now have dedicated teams who can help customers experiencing this kind of difficulty. We can always do better, and the reviews will help us focus on how we can do that.”
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