- New Zealand Bankers’ Association chief executive Karen Scott-Howman said the Reserve Bank had “stress-tested” our banks and found them strong enough to withstand a severe downturn.
- Karen Scott-Howman said banks were constantly responding to customer preferences. “That’s certainly the case with mobile and internet banking. We’re not seeing that kind of demand for Sharia-compliant banking here.”
- Westpac chief executive David McLean has been elected chair of the New Zealand Bankers’ Association for 2017/18 and took on the role on 1 April. Kiwibank chief executive Paul Brock was elected deputy chair. David McLean says it’s a privilege to be elected chair and he is confident NZBA will continue to promote outcomes that... Read more »
- Karen Scott-Howman, chief executive of the Bankers’ Association, acknowledged the role banks play in fighting financial crime but said customer privacy and confidentiality was taken seriously.
- NZBA submits that the Guidance Note should retain its current level of flexibility in recognition of the fact that sales conversations can evolve differently. NZBA would not like to see further prescriptive steps or ‘checklists’ added as a result of consultation, which will not necessarily further the objective of providing simple or better advice to... Read more »
- The review will cover the definition of capital, the measurement of risks that the banks face and the minimum capital requirements and buffer,” said Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Grant Spencer in a speech to the New Zealand Bankers’ Association in Auckland.
- Bank customers can be confident about the protection of their private financial information held by banks despite a decision saying Westpac got it wrong in relation to political activist Nicky Hager, says the New Zealand Bankers’ Association.
