NZ Herald
Armourguard challenges banks’ bid for collective cash‑in‑transit talks
08/10/2025
“If we continue as we are now, the likely result will be reduced reliability, slower response times, and a general decline in the overall quality of cash-in-transit services – posing a real risk to the future viability and reliability of this service. That’s why we’ve approached the Commerce Commission.
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Business Desk
07/10/2025
NZBA said RBNZ should seek to align its prudential capital requirements as closely as possible with international standards and comparable jurisdictions.
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Newsroom
Banking association rejects forced cash-trucking takeover theory
03/10/2025
The banking association took issue with the monopoly, saying the merged armoured van cash company had already started exercising “behaviour that would not be expected in a workably competitive market”.
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Business Desk
Reserve Bank official raises prospect of intervention over basic bank accounts
29/09/2025
The NZBA spokesperson said the association’s members had differing views on the merits of each of the three models. “We think the industry is already delivering better access to transaction accounts.”
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Newsroom
Banks slammed for ‘cartel behaviour’ over trucking cash
19/09/2025
“If we continue as we are now, the likely result will be reduced reliability, slower response times, and a general decline in the overall quality of cash-in-transit services – posing a real risk to the future viability and reliability of this service.
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Stuff
Can NZ First’s woke banking bill recover from humiliating criticism?
12/09/2025
Roger Beaumont, chief executive of the Banking Association, told the committee: “This bill is based on a serious misunderstanding. It ignores the fact that banks make credit decisions based on commercial reasons, not on the basis of murky moralising.”
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Business Desk
NZ banking capital adequacy proposals may face choppy trans-Tasman seas
04/09/2025
NZ Banking Association chief executive Roger Beaumont said RBNZ’s proposal was a step in what he saw as the right direction, likely with differing impacts on each of the various sector players.
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Good Returns
Banks’ new comparison calculator no threat to advisers: Patten
02/09/2025
“We’ve tried to keep the calculator as user-friendly as possible. We hope uptake is strong and that users find it helpful.”
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NZ Adviser
Banks launch calculator to compare NZ home loan offers
02/09/2025
“We are delighted to launch the calculator in association with Interest,” Beaumont said in a media release. “Our banks compete strongly in the home loan market, and we support providing borrowers with clear information to help make one of the most important financial decisions of their lives.”
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Banks launch home loan comparison calculator
01/09/2025
The banking industry today launched an online calculator that allows consumers to compare up to three home loan offers. This initiative responds to a recommendation in the Commerce Commission’s market study into personal banking services. The home loan calculator is hosted by Interest.co.nz and is available here: https://www.interest.co.nz/calculators/home-loan-comparison-calculator The calculator will allow prospective borrowers to...
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