Media

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

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NZ Herald - What will banking look like in 2021?

January 1, 2021 - Roger Beaumont, chief executive of the New Zealand Bankers Association, says the outbreak of Covid-19 has sped up trends in the banking industry that were already happening.

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Interest.co.nz - With a debt-to-income ratio tool back on the table, Gareth Vaughan looks at the political and other challenges the RBNZ needs to overcome to be granted the financial stability tool

December 15, 2020 - In its response to the 2017 consultation, bank lobby group the New Zealand Bankers’ Association argued the evidence linking high-DTI loans and default was weak, with job loss having the most significant impact on the likelihood of loan default. NZBA suggested a serviceability interest rate as a potential alternative.

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Stuff - Law firms next target of living wage push

December 15, 2020 - Banking became the first industry to become fully living wage accredited in July. Seventeen members of the New Zealand Bankers’ Association pledged to pay staff and contractors (including cleaners and security guards) at least a living wage. An estimated 1800 people received a pay rise as a result.

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Stuff - Retailers and shoppers likely to share spoils from ‘hard caps’ on bank card fees

December 10, 2020 - Bankers’ Association chief executive Roger Beaumont said it was “a complex area”.

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RNZ - Govt looks to regulate contactless payment fees for retailers

December 10, 2020 - New Zealand Bankers’ Association chief executive Roger Beaumont said: “This is a complex area. We will consider the consultation paper to determine our response on behalf of the industry.”

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RNZ - Loss of Geraldine bank: ‘It’s got me gobsmacked’

December 6, 2020 - The pilot was being led by the New Zealand Bankers’ Association and included six major banks which would test demand for basic banking services in regional communities.

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Stuff - Banking Hub begins year long trial in Nelson

December 3, 2020 - “What a hub environment like this can help some customers with is that transition to online and understand it’s OK. It’s safe and it’s not that scary.”

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NZ Adviser - Majority of deferred loans now “back to normal”

December 2, 2020 - The NZBA revealed that over two-thirds of consumer loans that had principal and interest repayments deferred due to the impact of the pandemic were now “back to normal,” and nearly 40% of consumer loans that had reduced repayments were also now back on track.

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RNZ - Reefton residents face long drive to do their banking

December 1, 2020 - Association chief executive Roger Beaumont said trial regions were chosen on a range of criteria. “Some of that is geographic spread, so there’s two in the South Island and two in the North Island, and then we wanted to test different scenarios – scenarios where there was still one bank on town remaining, and also... Read more »

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NZ Herald - Deferred loans head ‘back to normal’ – Bankers Association

November 30, 2020 - More than two-thirds of mortgage and personal loans that had principal and interest repayments deferred due to the impact of Covid-19 were now “back to normal”, says the New Zealand Bankers’ Association.