Media Appearances
Media
Here you’ll find our media releases and opinions about banking in New Zealand, along with our media appearances.
Media Appearances
Stuff - Retailers and shoppers likely to share spoils from ‘hard caps’ on bank card fees
- 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
- 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’
- 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
- “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”
- 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
- 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
- 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.
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Most deferred loans ‘back to normal’
- More than two thirds of consumer loans that had principal and interest repayments deferred due to the impact of Covid-19 were now ‘back to normal’ said the New Zealand Bankers’ Association today. At the same time, nearly 40% of consumer loans that had reduced repayments were now back on track. “As we near the end... Read more »
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