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NZ Herald - Budget 2013: Brand new housing deal looks shaky
- Bankers Association chief executive Kirk Hope said banks could live with a differential for first-home buyers, but any restrictions on bank lending might simply drive home buyers to more risky unregulated lenders.
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3 News - Budget – business likes it, opposition loathes it
- Bankers’ Association chief executive Kirk Hope told Firstline the Budget was about getting back to basics.
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NZ Herald - Banks want more ID to fight crime
- Chief executive Kirk Hope said, “We all have a role to play in the new anti-money laundering regime … This is about New Zealand’s international reputation and fighting crime.”
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Stuff.co.nz - Property surging outside Auckland
- Chief executive Kirk Hope said house prices were not being spurred along by looser credit conditions as the Reserve Bank claimed. Credit growth was running at about 3 per cent. “This isn’t a credit-driven price issue, it’s a supply-driven price issue,” he said.
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Radio NZ - Reserve Bank warned about trying to cool Auckland housing market
- Kirk Hope talks to Patrick O’Meara about the Reserve Bank’s macro-prudential tools.
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TVNZ - Bitcoin
- Kirk Hope talks to Susan Wood about Bitcoin.
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Stuff.co.nz - Refugee money transfer operation shut down
- New Zealand Banker’s Association chief executive Kirk Hope said banks were now asking tougher questions of customers, particularly concerning their identity, and closing accounts if necessary.
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Interest.co.nz - PwC paper commissioned by NZ Bankers’ Association says RBNZ’s use of macro-prudential tools would result in borrowers paying banks higher interest rates
- The Reserve Bank’s use of so-called macro-prudential tools to dampen a credit boom or bubble would ultimately see borrowers paying their banks higher loan rates, analysis commissioned by the New Zealand Bankers’ Association says.
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