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Stuff.co.nz - Home loans still possible after no-asset procedure
- If you’ve been bankrupt before, it will help to rebuild a good credit history that demonstrates your willingness to repay. If you show you can keep up repayments your bank may work with you on something bigger, like a home loan.
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Stuff.co.nz - NZ bankers insist they’re ‘connected’ to customers, amid warnings over product sales
- Antony Buick-Constable insisted the banks in New Zealand were different to the Australian parent companies, with separate board made up of directors who were required to act in the best interests of the New Zealand operation, under risk of being thrown out of the industry.
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RNZ - Rural residents back Shane Jones’ call to keep banks open
- Banks have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years installing and upgrading digital technology, internet and phone banking. That’s in response to changing customer demand for 24/7 banking services.
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NZ Herald - Govt will ‘look at’ concerns over banks pulling out of regions
- The average customer now uses online, mobile or phone banking once or twice a day and visits a branch once or twice a year.
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NZ Herald - Hard sell at the bank – has it gone too far?
- It would be irresponsible not to talk to people about insurance when they’re getting a mortgage, or discussing KiwiSaver options to help them provide for a more financially secure retirement.
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Good Returns - Group of AFAs tackles KiwiSaver problems
- Several of our banks offer KiwiSaver funds and that helps enormously with take-up because most of us have a banking relationship.
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NZ Herald - Kiwi banks freeze hundreds of accounts, figure likely to stretch into thousands
- The New Zealand Bankers Association has estimated about 8 per cent of accounts opened since July 1 last year could be affected by the change.
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Stuff.co.nz - Banks freeze accounts when tax residence questions unanswered
- “If you don’t respond, or if your response is incomplete, your bank is required to freeze or close accounts opened from 1 July 2017 to comply with the law. Banks have started freezing or closing affected accounts this week.”
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