- New Zealand Bankers’ Association acting chief executive Antony Buick-Constable said: “New Zealand’s banks are currently very well capitalised and among the most stable and secure in the world.”
- Banks take their obligations to maintain customer privacy and confidentiality very seriously. On rare occasions that needs to be balanced with national security requirements.
- Our banks stand by their agri clients in good times and bad.That was particularly evident during the dairy downturn. It makes sense for farmers to have a look at their financial management in better times.
- NZBA’s acting chief executive Antony Buick-Constable, said: “The report represents an opportunity for the New Zealand banking industry to retain the confidence of our customers and ensure a solid foundation for banking in future. We are ready to take that opportunity.
- “As with most businesses bank CEOs have levels of responsibility ordinary staff members wouldn’t have. In the New Zealand banking industry it includes responsibility for around 25,000 staff, over $13b in shareholders’ capital and over $300b in customer deposits.”
- Antony Buick-Constable of the New Zealand Bankers’ Association says: “Customer demand for innovation suggests that open banking is something we should be looking at, and it is.”
- “It comes down to the smaller size of our country and the smaller size of our banks. We’re more connected, we’re talking to our customers on the sideline of footy matches on a Saturday”
- McLean, chief executive of Westpac New Zealand and chairman of the New Zealand Bankers’ Association, welcomed the recommendations and called them “fair enough”. It is a good wake up call.
- “The report represents an opportunity for the New Zealand banking industry to retain the confidence of our customers and ensure a solid foundation for banking in future.”
