NZ Adviser
First-home buyer loan sizes fall 3.4%, NZ banking data shows
14/10/2026
The average first-home buyer loan in New Zealand fell 3.4% to $506,761 in the six months to June 2026. Over that period, first-home buyers accounted for 22.4% of the 72,209 new home loans opened, according to retail banking insights released by the New Zealand Banking Association.
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Business Desk
Digital banking up as cash use fades
14/10/2026
“It’s useful to put cash use into the context of all the banking transactions New Zealanders make. Cash makes up a very small fraction of that,” Beaumont said.
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Interest.co.nz
First-home buyers secured nearly 25% of new home loans in the first half of the year, with average borrowing for FHBs topping $500,000, according to the NZBA
13/10/2026
New data from the New Zealand Banking Association shows nearly a quarter of the 72,209 new home loans between January and June went to first-home buyers.
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Cash use continues to decline
13/10/2026
New Zealanders continued to use cash less in the six months from January to June this year according to retail banking insights released today by the New Zealand Banking Association. Of the total 2.2 billion customer transactions in the period, 1.6% were made at ATMs, down from 1.7% in the previous six months. For the...
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Business Desk
RBNZ begins work with banks on cash access
01/10/2026
Beaumont said that, to this end, RBNZ and a group of senior bank representatives had just begun discussions. The aim of those talks was to refine the issue and develop workable cash-access solutions. “We look forward to further constructive engagement with the Reserve Bank to progress this.”
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Stuff
This man says he ripped off hundreds of Kiwis online, and this is how he did it
13/09/2026
Roger Beaumont, chief executive of the New Zealand Banking Association, said it was incumbent on internet marketplaces to provide protection from scams. “They have a big role to play in preventing scams and the harm they cause. It’s time for them to step up.”
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Business Desk
Rocky Horror to Sweet Caroline: ANZ’s Antonia Watson retires
11/09/2026
NZ Banking Association (NZBA) CEO Roger Beaumont cited Watson’s industry-level work, and said she delivered “calm intelligence, consideration, and warmth to the room”.
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RNZ
New Zealand’s ATM dead zones
26/08/2026
New Zealand Banking Association chief executive Roger Beaumont said there was a range of factors taken into account when banks were thinking about where to locate ATMs. “That would probably include things like customer demand for the service, and the practicality of cash in transit services reaching those locations.”
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Business Desk
Reserve Bank starts prudential levy consultation
11/08/2026
NZ Banking Association chief executive Roger Beaumont said he expected the levy to be appropriate, effective and well-targeted.
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RNZ
Where have all the ATMs gone?
11/08/2026
“The main reason there are fewer ATMs is that fewer customers are using them. Around 1.5 percent of all customer transactions are made at an ATM, and that’s slowly reducing every year.”
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