New Zealand ready for FATCA
18/06/2014
New Zealand is now ready to comply with US tax law that aims to reduce tax evasion by US persons who have financial accounts outside the United States said the New Zealand Bankers’ Association today. The third reading of the Taxation (Annual Rates, Employee Allowances, and Remedial Matters) Bill today, in conjunction with an intergovernmental...
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Meet the boss: Bankers’ Assoc Kirk Hope
18/06/2014
Kirk Hope is the chief executive of the NZ Bankers’ Association, the lobby group for the industry that employs over 25,000 people.
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Satisfaction with banks remains high
05/06/2014
NZBA chief executive Kirk Hope said he was pleased more than three-quarters of customers were happy.
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Banks’ performance highly rated
04/06/2014
A public opinion survey has found a high level satisfaction among bank customers, the New Zealand Bankers’ Association said today. The survey also measured perceptions of the banking sector’s strength and acceptable profit levels. Seventy-seven per cent of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with their main bank, with only nine per cent dissatisfied or...
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Online scams becoming more complex
04/06/2014
Banks will never ask for your pins or passwords, and legitimate retailers shouldn’t ask you for pins or passwords either. It’s pretty much a sure sign someone’s trying to rip you off.
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What is Bitcoin? And should we care?
03/06/2014
Kirk Hope is wary of Bitcoin volatility.
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Beware online banking scams
02/06/2014
The New Zealand Bankers’ Association today encouraged people to be wary of online banking scams as part of Fraud Awareness Week 2014. “Online scammers are constantly thinking up new ways to trick people into handing over personal information,” said New Zealand Bankers’ Association chief executive Kirk Hope. “Never give anyone your PIN or internet banking...
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Scammers doing it by the numbers
28/05/2014
Anyone who asks for your Pin number, even if they say they’re from your bank or a retailer you know, will in all likelihood be trying to scam you.
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Loan shark law welcomed
27/05/2014
The New Zealand Bankers’ Association has welcomed the third reading of the Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill in Parliament last night. The law change aims to crack down on loan sharks and requires lenders to act with skill, care and diligence in all dealings with a borrower throughout the life of a...
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A cautionary tale of internet banking
27/05/2014
Karen Scott-Howman of the Bankers’ Association says people do authorise payments in error, but what happned here is rare.
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