- New Zealand Bankers’ Association chief executive Roger Beaumont said rising interest rates, albeit from historic lows, had a real impact on a borrower’s ability to afford repayments on a home loan. Another big factor was the consumer lending rule changes the Government brought in last December.
- NZBA suggests this in its submission to the Ministry for the Environment on the Government’s Draft National Adaptation Plan (NAP). It also says the NAP could be more ambitious, and should include more detail to be more effective.
- “We believe that by working with government and organisations like FinCap, we can find a way to both protect vulnerable consumers from unscrupulous lenders and ensure a less restricted flow of credit to those who can afford it.”
- “Our banks are telling me that approximately 10% of loans that would’ve been approved prior to December 1 are now being declined because of these regulations.”
- KB Kookmin Bank Auckland Branch today became a member of the New Zealand Bankers’ Association, bringing the total number of member banks to 18. New Zealand Bankers’ Association chief executive Roger Beaumont says: “We are delighted to welcome Kookmin Bank to the Bankers’ Association. Joining NZBA shows the Korean bank’s commitment to New Zealand and... Read more »
- Roger Beaumont Published in the NBR, 25 June 2022 Thirty years ago, if you’d been asked to describe a bank manager or a bank CEO, you would probably have envisaged a man in a suit and tie, in a very large wood-panelled office behind a disproportionately large desk, potentially even puffing on a cigar. I’m... Read more »
- New Zealand Bankers’ Association chief executive Roger Beaumont said the current economic and regulatory environment certainly affected first-home buyers.
- “Financial institutions are in contractual relationships with intermediaries,” the association wrote. “Intermediaries are not their employees or contractors, and financial institutions do not have the ability to “manage” or “supervise” intermediaries outside of what is contractually agreed on a case-by-case basis.” The NZBA called for “monitoring”, rather than “managing” and “supervising”, intermediaries.
- “While we agree with the government’s aim to protect vulnerable consumers from unscrupulous lenders, the one-size-fits-all approach for all lenders and all loan types means banks don’t have the same discretion or flexibility they used to.”
- Beaumont said the one-size fits all approach for all lenders and all loan types meant the banks did not have the same discretion or flexibility as before.
