Media

Here you’ll find our media releases and opinions about banking in New Zealand, along with our media appearances.

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Keep yourself and your money safe this festive season

December 13, 2018 - This festive season the New Zealand Bankers’ Association is reminding people to watch out for financial crime. “While many of us are rushing to get ready for Christmas, fraudsters are also busy trying to access our bank accounts. They’re always looking for opportunities to steal our money, especially when we let our guard down,” says... Read more »

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Newshub - Banking survey shows more farmers feel under financial pressure

December 12, 2018 - Our banks stand by their agri clients in good times and bad.That was particularly evident during the dairy downturn. It makes sense for farmers to have a look at their financial management in better times.

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Stuff.co.nz - 566,378 customers impacted by bank errors, Financial Markets Authority reveals

December 9, 2018 - NZBA’s acting chief executive Antony Buick-Constable, said: “The report represents an opportunity for the New Zealand banking industry to retain the confidence of our customers and ensure a solid foundation for banking in future. We are ready to take that opportunity.

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Stuff.co.nz - Bosses making bank: Over-sized pay, or fair for a big job?

December 9, 2018 - “As with most businesses bank CEOs have levels of responsibility ordinary staff members wouldn’t have. In the New Zealand banking industry it includes responsibility for around 25,000 staff, over $13b in shareholders’ capital and over $300b in customer deposits.”

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RNZ - A Battle for Banking

December 7, 2018 - Antony Buick-Constable of the New Zealand Bankers’ Association says: “Customer demand for innovation suggests that open banking is something we should be looking at, and it is.”

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Stuff.co.nz - Why do Aussies get cheaper mortgage rates than New Zealanders?

November 19, 2018 - Buick-Constable said about 80 per cent of the Australian market was floating, whereas in New Zealand 80 per cent was fixed.

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Stop and Think: is this for real?

November 13, 2018 - Stop and Think: is this for real? That’s the message for Fraud Awareness Week 2018 and the New Zealand Bankers’ Association is urging people to do just that. “Fraudsters are always coming up with new ways to steal our money. They trick people into handing over personal information. Once they have your bank account details... Read more »

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Stuff.co.nz - Bank conduct report finds differences with Australia, without explaining why

November 7, 2018 - “It comes down to the smaller size of our country and the smaller size of our banks. We’re more connected, we’re talking to our customers on the sideline of footy matches on a Saturday”

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NZ Herald - Bank behaviour report ‘a wake-up call’, says Westpac boss

November 6, 2018 - McLean, chief executive of Westpac New Zealand and chairman of the New Zealand Bankers’ Association, welcomed the recommendations and called them “fair enough”. It is a good wake up call.

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NZ Adviser - Government calls on banks to step up their game

November 6, 2018 - “The report represents an opportunity for the New Zealand banking industry to retain the confidence of our customers and ensure a solid foundation for banking in future.”