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ODT - Dunedinites in bank fee class action

May 19, 2013 - Kirk Hope advised concerned customers to speak to their banks as the fees were avoidable.

NZ Herald - Budget 2013: Brand new housing deal looks shaky

May 18, 2013 - 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

May 17, 2013 - 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

May 15, 2013 - 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

May 10, 2013 - 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

May 6, 2013 - Kirk Hope talks to Patrick O’Meara about the Reserve Bank’s macro-prudential tools.

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TVNZ - Bitcoin

May 5, 2013 - Kirk Hope talks to Susan Wood about Bitcoin.

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Stuff.co.nz - Refugee money transfer operation shut down

May 3, 2013 - 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

April 30, 2013 - 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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Stuff.co.nz - Law to restrain loan sharks bites banks

April 28, 2013 - Bankers’ association chief executive Kirk Hope said banks were never the target of the measures contained in the bill, which was aimed at reining in abusive loan sharks and dodgy debt collectors. “The most vulnerable consumers could be protected by enforcing the existing laws,” he said.

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