Gareth Vaughan | interest.co.nz

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Gareth is editor of interest.co.nz and has worked for more than 20 years as a financial journalist in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He has received awards in the EY Business Journalism Awards, Canon Media Awards, and Shareholders' Association Business Journalism Awards.

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Latest articles

Fintech Emerge launches personal banking services

Emerge pushes into personal banking services with Mastercard's help as it moves towards 'aspiration' of becoming a bank

29th Oct 25, 1:15pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Emerge pushes into personal banking services with Mastercard's help as it moves towards 'aspiration' of becoming a bank

What to expect from ANZ, NAB & Westpac's annual results

Technology overhaul, margins and noise in focus in big bank reporting season

28th Oct 25, 9:18am

by Gareth Vaughan

Technology overhaul, margins and noise in focus in big bank reporting season

Follow the money

Government advised to broaden the legal definition of money laundering as part of 'significant shift in NZ’s approach to financial crime'

25th Oct 25, 9:20am

by Gareth Vaughan

Government advised to broaden the legal definition of money laundering as part of 'significant shift in NZ’s approach to financial crime'

'We don't make decisions based on wokeness'

CEO Dan Huggins says BNZ pulling back on lending to petrol stations is risk management, because he doesn't believe they'll all survive and doesn't know which ones will

21st Oct 25, 5:14pm

by Gareth Vaughan

CEO Dan Huggins says BNZ pulling back on lending to petrol stations is risk management, because he doesn't believe they'll all survive and doesn't know which ones will

ANZ NZ 'looks forward' to having class action decided in court after select committee setback

Parliamentary select committee decides against disrupting class action against ANZ and ASB with retrospective law change

20th Oct 25, 12:45pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Parliamentary select committee decides against disrupting class action against ANZ and ASB with retrospective law change

Will Kiwibank's $500m capital raise impact its credit ratings?

[updated]

Fitch's Tim Roche says Kiwibank capital raise unlikely to see credit rating downgrade but IPO probably would

20th Oct 25, 11:15am

by Gareth Vaughan

Fitch's Tim Roche says Kiwibank capital raise unlikely to see credit rating downgrade but IPO probably would

Could RBNZ capital review result in credit rating upgrades?

Fitch outlines scenario where RBNZ capital review could see big 4 banks' credit ratings upgraded

17th Oct 25, 9:13am

by Gareth Vaughan

Fitch outlines scenario where RBNZ capital review could see big 4 banks' credit ratings upgraded

RIP KPMG's FIPS

KPMG ending annual Banking Financial Institutions Performance Survey after 38 years

16th Oct 25, 12:06pm

by Gareth Vaughan

KPMG ending annual Banking Financial Institutions Performance Survey after 38 years

Status quo in RBNZ bank capital review would be 'the worst possible outcome'

ANZ Group CEO Nuno Matos says ANZ NZ investment to increase in 2026 'because they have their basics right and can run faster right now'

14th Oct 25, 9:21am

by Gareth Vaughan

ANZ Group CEO Nuno Matos says ANZ NZ investment to increase in 2026 'because they have their basics right and can run faster right now'

ASB to pay $135.6m to settle class action, ANZ fighting on

[updated]

ASB to cough up $135.6 million to settle class action relating to home and personal loans between 2015 and 2019

7th Oct 25, 9:21am

by Gareth Vaughan

ASB to cough up $135.6 million to settle class action relating to home and personal loans between 2015 and 2019

NZ dollar drops a spot to 15th most traded currency

NZ dollar trading ranking overtaken by the Indian rupee and Mexican peso, tops the Norwegian krone

1st Oct 25, 8:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

NZ dollar trading ranking overtaken by the Indian rupee and Mexican peso, tops the Norwegian krone

'The current environment suggests banks have become fundamentally less risky'

Banking analysts cast their eye over banks' bad debts and ask the perennially fraught question: Is this time different?

26th Sep 25, 7:46am

by Gareth Vaughan

Banking analysts cast their eye over banks' bad debts and ask the perennially fraught question: Is this time different?

'Scams remain a serious concern'

Drop in number of complaints made to Banking Ombudsman Scheme but wariness about scammers remains

24th Sep 25, 6:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

Drop in number of complaints made to Banking Ombudsman Scheme but wariness about scammers remains

Former rural banker Hayley Gourley joining RBNZ Monetary Policy Committee

Hayley Gourley, ex-Rabobank general manager and current Seeka director, joining Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee

18th Sep 25, 2:49pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Hayley Gourley, ex-Rabobank general manager and current Seeka director, joining Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee

Speed & lender's reputation of growing importance, according to mortgage broker survey

Bank's reputation becoming a more important factor in which lender a borrower chooses

10th Sep 25, 7:49am

by Gareth Vaughan

Bank's reputation becoming a more important factor in which lender a borrower chooses

Fresh financial targets expected from ANZ Group

Analysts eye return on equity and cost cutting targets from the ANZ Group

9th Sep 25, 8:30am

by Gareth Vaughan

Analysts eye return on equity and cost cutting targets from the ANZ Group

Return on equity growth opportunity touted for banks by pulling back from mortgage brokers

Analysts detail opportunity for major banks to boost return on equity from mortgages by 15 basis points

3rd Sep 25, 9:15am

by Gareth Vaughan

Analysts detail opportunity for major banks to boost return on equity from mortgages by 15 basis points

Reserve Bank Chairman Neil Quigley falls on sword

RBNZ Chairman Neil Quigley resigns day after release of Ombudsman's report on handling of Adrian Orr departure

29th Aug 25, 6:29pm

by Gareth Vaughan

RBNZ Chairman Neil Quigley resigns day after release of Ombudsman's report on handling of Adrian Orr departure

Insights from ANZ Group's strategy day awaited

Analysts seek details on a series of key issues in upcoming ANZ strategy day

14th Aug 25, 7:35am

by Gareth Vaughan

Analysts seek details on a series of key issues in upcoming ANZ strategy day

RBA cuts cash rate to 3.60%

Unanimous decision, Reserve Bank of Australia cuts cash rate 25 basis points

12th Aug 25, 4:37pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Unanimous decision, Reserve Bank of Australia cuts cash rate 25 basis points

SFO to lead government work to tackle increasing corruption

[updated]

SFO to lead Anti‑Corruption Taskforce aimed at strengthening public sector resilience to increasing corruption and fraud

18th Jul 25, 2:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

SFO to lead Anti‑Corruption Taskforce aimed at strengthening public sector resilience to increasing corruption and fraud

Kiwibank 'the lender to watch'

Kiwibank poses risk to the returns from the big four Aussie banks' NZ subsidiaries, analysts say

19th Jun 25, 8:01am

by Gareth Vaughan

Kiwibank poses risk to the returns from the big four Aussie banks' NZ subsidiaries, analysts say

RBNZ finalises Depositor Compensation Scheme product hierarchy policy

PIEs more prominent as RBNZ issues Depositor Compensation Scheme product hierarchy policy following consultation

9th Jun 25, 7:30am

by Gareth Vaughan

PIEs more prominent as RBNZ issues Depositor Compensation Scheme product hierarchy policy following consultation

'Everyone deserves to know what they’re paying' for international money transfers

Member's bill from Labour's Arena Williams seeks full disclosure of international money transfer costs

27th May 25, 5:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

Member's bill from Labour's Arena Williams seeks full disclosure of international money transfer costs

'No compelling evidence lending to 1st home buyers is lower risk than lending to other home buyers'

RBNZ doesn't believe changing bank capital rules to enable lower interest rates for first home buyers is warranted

22nd May 25, 7:33am

by Gareth Vaughan

RBNZ doesn't believe changing bank capital rules to enable lower interest rates for first home buyers is warranted