Media Appearances

Stuff.co.nz - Kiwis could face Cyprus-style trim

March 20, 2013 - Bankers Association chief executive Kirk Hope said the latest International Monetary Fund report on New Zealand pointed out the strength and stability of our banking system, and it was not helpful to compare it with Cyprus.

3 News - Fees campaign labelled ‘suspect’

March 15, 2013 - Kirk Hope, chief executive of the New Zealand Bankers’ Association, says the Fair Play on Fees campaign is misleading people and questions their figures.

Newstalk ZB - Kirk Hope: NZ’s biggest banks sued

March 12, 2013 - NZ Bankers Association chief executive Kirk Hope talks to Mike Hosking about the news NZ’s biggest banks are being sued using class action for a collective $1 billion.

TVNZ - NZ banks face class suit over $1 billion in default fees

March 11, 2013 - “Our banks communicate very clearly on fees, which is a reflection of our very competitive banking sector. The fees being singled out are avoidable, and our industry has also made it easy for customers to switch banks if they feel the fees they’re paying are too high,” New Zealand Bankers’ Association chief executive Kirk Hope... Read more »

Interest.co.nz - Parties behind ‘largest class action in NZ’s history’, taken against major banks, stand to pocket up to NZ$250 mln

March 11, 2013 - Responding to news of the launch of the “Fair Play on Fees” action, bank lobby group the New Zealand Bankers’ Association said talk of legal action failed to take into account differences between the New Zealand and Australian banking sectors.

NZ Herald - Sector weighs Reserve Bank lending tools

March 6, 2013 - Reading between the lines of what the Reserve Bank has said about the macroprudential tools it is working on, regulating loan-to-value ratios would not be its favoured option, believes the Bankers’ Association.

Interest.co.nz - NZ Bankers’ Association wants more detail on RBNZ macro-prudential tools, raises issue of insurance in relation to LVR restrictions

March 6, 2013 - Is there a need for the Reserve Bank to even have the so-called macro-prudential tools it’s now publicly consulting on? This, says Kirk Hope, CEO of bank lobby group the New Zealand Bankers’ Association, is a good question.

TVNZ - Profitable banks should be viewed as ‘Olympic medallists’

February 27, 2013 - In response to the report, New Zealand Bankers’ Association chief executive Kirk Hope said that local banks are “among the best funded and regulated in the world, and fiercely competitive. That’s good for New Zealanders and our economy,” said Hope.

Stuff.co.nz - Central bank boss hones new tools

February 22, 2013 - You’d expect the banks to be worried at the prospect of having their business impinged on in such dramatic fashion. But Kirk Hope, chief executive of industry lobby group the New Zealand Bankers Association, is remarkably calm.

Interest.co.nz - NZ’s anti-money laundering laws now in effect with banks expected to pry more into customer identity and account activity

January 7, 2013 - New Zealand’s long awaited anti-money laundering laws are now in place, almost four years after Parliament passed the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act.