Radio NZ
Reserve Bank warned about trying to cool Auckland housing market
06/05/2013
Kirk Hope talks to Patrick O’Meara about the Reserve Bank’s macro-prudential tools.
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TVNZ
Bitcoin
05/05/2013
Kirk Hope talks to Susan Wood about Bitcoin.
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Stuff.co.nz
Refugee money transfer operation shut down
03/05/2013
New Zealand Banker’s Association chief executive Kirk Hope said banks were now asking tougher questions of customers, particularly concerning their identity, and closing accounts if necessary.
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Interest.co.nz
PwC paper commissioned by NZ Bankers’ Association says RBNZ’s use of macro-prudential tools would result in borrowers paying banks higher interest rates
30/04/2013
The Reserve Bank’s use of so-called macro-prudential tools to dampen a credit boom or bubble would ultimately see borrowers paying their banks higher loan rates, analysis commissioned by the New Zealand Bankers’ Association says.
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Stuff.co.nz
Law to restrain loan sharks bites banks
28/04/2013
Bankers’ association chief executive Kirk Hope said banks were never the target of the measures contained in the bill, which was aimed at reining in abusive loan sharks and dodgy debt collectors. “The most vulnerable consumers could be protected by enforcing the existing laws,” he said.
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Stuff.co.nz
Banks may be playing on customer ignorance
28/04/2013
“Banks have worked really hard and have involved people like Writemark in the development of their product material,” Hope said. They also all have programmes to lift financial literacy among customers, and people in the community.
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3 News
Bank profits up 10 per cent
18/04/2013
Kirk Hope talks to Rachel Smalley about bank profits.
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NZ Herald
Bankers knock new capital plans
27/03/2013
Hope said that it was wrong to assume all high LVR borrowers were on comparatively low incomes; it might reflect a relatively high income and capacity to service the loan.
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Stuff.co.nz
Kiwis could face Cyprus-style trim
20/03/2013
Bankers Association chief executive Kirk Hope said the latest International Monetary Fund report on New Zealand pointed out the strength and stability of our banking system, and it was not helpful to compare it with Cyprus.
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3 News
Fees campaign labelled ‘suspect’
15/03/2013
Kirk Hope, chief executive of the New Zealand Bankers’ Association, says the Fair Play on Fees campaign is misleading people and questions their figures.
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