- The banking industry supports the government’s recently announced affordability assessment exemption for customers affected by the recent damaging weather events. “Banks want to provide as much support as possible to those affected by the recent weather damage in the North Island,” says Roger Beaumont, chief executive of the New Zealand Banking Association – Te Rangapū... Read more »
- NZBA today announced it would be called the New Zealand Banking Association – Te Rangapū Pēke. It was previously known as the New Zealand Bankers’ Association. New Zealand Banking Association – Te Rangapū Pēke chief executive Roger Beaumont says: “We’re delighted to announce our new name, and that it includes our name in te reo... Read more »
- “Banks also operate in a competitive market and work hard to attract and retain customers,” chief executive Roger Beaumont said. We’d encourage merchants concerned about their fees to talk to their bank.”
- “We’re encouraging everyone to take a moment before making a payment or giving away personal information, just to be sure it’s not a scam,” New Zealand Bankers’ Association chief executive Roger Beaumont said.
- Banks are asking people to ‘take a sec to check’ before they part with their money or personal information, in a campaign aimed at raising scam awareness over summer. “We’re encouraging everyone to take a moment before making a payment or giving away personal information, just to be sure it’s not a scam,” says New... Read more »
- The Reserve Bank says it will review its Open Bank Resolution bank failure tool once the planned depositor compensation scheme is rolled out amid suggestions from the New Zealand Bankers’ Association that the OBR will remain the Reserve Bank’s primary resolution and depositor protection tool for large banks.
- New Zealand Bankers’ Association chief executive Roger Beaumont says in the current climate it is not surprising to see mortgagee sales starting to rise. But mortgagee sales are a “last resort”, he says. They are also rare, and represent a tiny fraction of the around 1.25 million home loans there are in New Zealand.
