18/06/2019
NZBA said banks know the role farmers play in the economy and that it’s important they succeed.
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Media
Here you’ll find our media releases along with our media appearances.
16/06/2019
“International money transfers made from a banking app or by internet banking usually include a fee to cover other overseas bank costs. And there will also be an exchange rate conversion fee if sending money in a currency other than New Zealand dollars.”
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07/06/2019
The Federated Farmers press release has NZBA CEO Roger Beaumont saying NZBA analysis shows the Reserve Bank’s proposal to “almost double” capital requirements will have a net cost to the New Zealand economy of $1.8 billion a year.
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06/06/2019
New Zealand Bankers’ Association chief executive Roger Beaumont, who is pleased to see most farmers remain satisfied with their bank, said he expects RBNZ’s capital requirements proposal to a net cost to the New Zealand economy of $1.8 billion a year.
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05/06/2019
Federated Farmers cited the NZ Bankers’ Association’s estimate that the Reserve Bank’s proposals would cost the economy $1.8 billion.
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05/06/2019
NZBA has denied suggesting that the government should ever bail out the banks, saying that instead an independent report merely speculated that in the event of a bank failure, a government would be reluctant to allow customers to take a haircut on their deposits.
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31/05/2019
The New Zealand Bankers’ Association and the Banking Ombudsman agree with the Reserve Bank that disclosure of banks’ breaches of their conditions of registration should be limited to “material” breaches only.
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30/05/2019
The industry supports a farm debt mediation to codify many of these processes and provide clarity and an alternative support option for farmers.
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29/05/2019
In response to Orr’s comments an NZBA spokesman said the lobby group’s submission did not suggest the government should pay out in the event of a bank failure.
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20/05/2019
NZBA describes the Reserve Bank proposals as excessive and maintains they will cost “households, businesses and our economy” around $1.8 billion a yea
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