Banking

13 Jul 18, 8:46am

Some 10 years after the finance company sector meltdown New Zealanders are still displaying an alarming naivety in the world of investment, David Hargreaves says
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Apple has Siri, Google has Google Assistant... now ANZ has Jamie

10 Jul 18, 5:02am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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ANZ launches digital assistant that visitors to its website can speak to if they have basic banking questions
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This week's guest Top 10

6 Jul 18, 10:00am

Guest

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Henry Lynch on the foreign buyer data debacle, how chatbots are channelling customers, the Australian banking sector, the FIFA’s World Cup strange connection to toilets, and the meaning of life
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TSB names Donna Cooper as its new CEO

4 Jul 18, 11:16am

Gareth Vaughan

Donna Cooper, formerly of the Warehouse Financial Services, Baycorp and American Express, to take the reins at TSB
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Commerce Commission gets its oar in

29 Jun 18, 10:58am

Gareth Vaughan

The Commerce Commission details its role in the FMA & RBNZ led probe into the conduct & culture of banks and life insurers
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Open banking in action... in Opotiki

26 Jun 18, 1:07pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Datacom challenges Visa, Mastercard and POLi with new online debit payment tool; Westpac gets on board; ASB and BNZ to follow
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The road to open banking

25 Jun 18, 9:54am

Guest

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Tom Maasland & Richard Wells of MinterEllisonRuddWatts take a look at the promises and challenges of open banking for banks
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'The banks have been very open'

22 Jun 18, 2:34pm

Gareth Vaughan

Governor Adrian Orr says RBNZ & FMA team to conduct on-site bank visits with life insurers' submissions due Friday, as probe into conduct & culture of financial services sector continues
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Data protection; What's happening overseas & what are the implications for NZ?

22 Jun 18, 10:00am

Guest

Tom Maasland and Richard Wells of MinterEllisonRuddWatts delve into the impacts and influence of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation for banks
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This week's guest Top 10

22 Jun 18, 10:00am

Tom Coupe

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Canterbury University's Tom Coupé looks at the economics and finance of the FIFA World Cup, including how big the audience is, bank analysts turning their sights on game prediction, workers throwing sickies, money and more
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Data protection - systems and process issues for the banking sector

21 Jun 18, 9:37am

Guest

Tom Maasland & Richard Wells of MinterEllisonRuddWatts put a spotlight on what the Privacy Bill means for New Zealand banks
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Hey FMA & RBNZ, look at how bank loans can be fraudulently secured

20 Jun 18, 10:36am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Jenée Tibshraeny argues bank regulators should tap into the info the SFO has about the weak spots in bank systems that enabled a group to fraudulently secure 57 loans worth $54m
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Backtracking on the bankers

18 Jun 18, 10:33am

Jason Walls

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The Chairman of Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Select Committee has reversed his decision to request banking and insurance CEOs appear before the Select Committee
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Trio convicted in $54m mortgage fraud case

15 Jun 18, 12:54pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

47 comments

Property developer, former BNZ employee, and suspended lawyer found guilty of partaking in $54m mortgage fraud scheme involving 110 Auckland and Hamilton properties
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Bring in the bankers: Bank & insurance CEOs to be asked to front up to MPs

14 Jun 18, 1:34pm

Jason Walls

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Chairman says bank bosses to be called before Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Select Committee as FMA & RBNZ probe into sector continues
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Ian Hankins named new Westpac NZ chief financial officer

13 Jun 18, 6:26am

Gareth Vaughan

Internal promotion as Westpac NZ names Ian Hankins its new chief financial officer
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Banks seek privacy breach alignment with Australia

11 Jun 18, 11:32am

Gareth Vaughan

Bank lobby group wants Privacy Bill's threshold for notifiable privacy breaches lifted
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'Easing of LVR restrictions by end of year'

5 Jun 18, 3:39pm

David Hargreaves

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Westpac economists believe house price growth will be zero by the end of this year, which will be enough to prompt the Reserve Bank to further easing of lending restrictions
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'It takes a long time to really change the entire DNA of an industry'

4 Jun 18, 6:31am

Gareth Vaughan

15 comments

FMA CEO Rob Everett says the financial services sector is at a tipping point and needs to focus on how to make sure customers get a better deal
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A sea change at the Reserve Bank

2 Jun 18, 7:02am

Gareth Vaughan

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Although strictly speaking it's outside the RBNZ's mandate, Governor Adrian Orr introducing a much greater focus on consumer outcomes to the central bank is welcome, Gareth Vaughan says
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