Gareth Vaughan

About

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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15 years 7 months

Latest articles

Lending Crowd nears P2P application

Finance Direct majority owner says he's close to applying to the FMA for a peer-to-peer lending licence for Lending Crowd

11th Nov 14, 5:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

Finance Direct majority owner says he's close to applying to the FMA for a peer-to-peer lending licence for Lending Crowd

6 NZ registered banks 'globally systemically important'

Third Chinese bank added to global list of 30 'too big to fail' banks

10th Nov 14, 4:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Third Chinese bank added to global list of 30 'too big to fail' banks

Interest only mortgages, the new high LVR loans?

The big banks have nearly 25% of their mortgage books paying interest only. Gareth Vaughan asks whether this is good for financial stability

10th Nov 14, 2:03pm

by Gareth Vaughan

The big banks have nearly 25% of their mortgage books paying interest only. Gareth Vaughan asks whether this is good for financial stability

TSB back on top in customer satisfaction

TSB returns to No. 1 in Roy Morgan monthly financial institution customer satisfaction survey overtaking Rabobank

7th Nov 14, 4:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

TSB returns to No. 1 in Roy Morgan monthly financial institution customer satisfaction survey overtaking Rabobank

Courts 'unsympathetic to monopolies on descriptive words'

Taking out a loan not a decision taken lightly, so unlikely the public will confuse 'Co-operative Bank' with 'Co-op Money', judge says

7th Nov 14, 4:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Taking out a loan not a decision taken lightly, so unlikely the public will confuse 'Co-operative Bank' with 'Co-op Money', judge says

Extension of creditor obligations

MBIE calls for views on proposals to extend laws on what lenders must pay borrowers who repay loans in full early

7th Nov 14, 5:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

MBIE calls for views on proposals to extend laws on what lenders must pay borrowers who repay loans in full early

ASB's stellar September quarter

6th Nov 14, 4:30pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ASB's stellar September quarter

Here come prescribed credit card warnings

MBIE discussion document sets out proposals for prescribing the costs of borrowing and minimum repayment warnings on credit cards

6th Nov 14, 5:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

MBIE discussion document sets out proposals for prescribing the costs of borrowing and minimum repayment warnings on credit cards

5 takeouts from big bank reporting season

Here are five takeouts from big bank reporting season

5th Nov 14, 4:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Here are five takeouts from big bank reporting season

Govt getting 'fantastic value' from Westpac

Westpac boss says the Govt gets the best value banking in NZ as Westpac goes head to head with rivals to try and retain its long running contract

4th Nov 14, 4:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Westpac boss says the Govt gets the best value banking in NZ as Westpac goes head to head with rivals to try and retain its long running contract

Westpac targets customer growth

Westpac acting CEO says credit cycle has peaked, doesn't want mortgage price war, and Westpac is 'there or thereabouts' as best digital bank

4th Nov 14, 12:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Westpac acting CEO says credit cycle has peaked, doesn't want mortgage price war, and Westpac is 'there or thereabouts' as best digital bank

ANZ works out 'rural bubble'

Biggest rural lender eyes renewed growth after period of 're-balancing'

3rd Nov 14, 4:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Biggest rural lender eyes renewed growth after period of 're-balancing'

Westpac NZ earnings up 13%

Westpac NZ annual cash earnings up 13% to record high of NZ$864 million

3rd Nov 14, 9:40am

by Gareth Vaughan

Westpac NZ annual cash earnings up 13% to record high of NZ$864 million

Countdown's insurance push

Supermarket chain Countdown enters personal insurance market in partnership with Cigna, Southern Cross

3rd Nov 14, 7:21am

by Gareth Vaughan

Supermarket chain Countdown enters personal insurance market in partnership with Cigna, Southern Cross

Banks told to do more with big data

International report on retail banking innovation highlights big data opportunities

31st Oct 14, 4:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

International report on retail banking innovation highlights big data opportunities

ANZ's Hisco says union strikes 'petering out'

ANZ NZ CEO David Hisco says First Union led strikes causing no disruption to customers because not many staff are striking

31st Oct 14, 3:49pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ANZ NZ CEO David Hisco says First Union led strikes causing no disruption to customers because not many staff are striking

BNZ's mortgage cross sell opportunity

BNZ CEO Anthony Healy playing long game in mortgage market, says marketshare 'well off par' from BNZ's business lending marketshare

31st Oct 14, 2:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

BNZ CEO Anthony Healy playing long game in mortgage market, says marketshare 'well off par' from BNZ's business lending marketshare

ANZ NZ annual profit up 25%

Annual profit jumps 25% to record high of NZ$1.7 billion at ANZ NZ

31st Oct 14, 10:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

Annual profit jumps 25% to record high of NZ$1.7 billion at ANZ NZ

Govt insurance, risk management business on block

MBIE seeks panel of risk financing and insurance intermediary service providers for $130m of annual government business

31st Oct 14, 5:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

MBIE seeks panel of risk financing and insurance intermediary service providers for $130m of annual government business

ASB's Apple Pay assessment

Apple may struggle to find as much oxygen for Apple Pay in NZ as in the US, ASB suggests

30th Oct 14, 4:15pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Apple may struggle to find as much oxygen for Apple Pay in NZ as in the US, ASB suggests

Record annual profit for BNZ

BNZ posts 22% rise in annual net profit after tax to $850 mln

30th Oct 14, 10:11am

by Gareth Vaughan

BNZ posts 22% rise in annual net profit after tax to $850 mln

Taxpayers almost off wholesale guarantee hook

Curtain to fall on Crown wholesale funding guarantee in November when US$71m ANZ bond is repaid

30th Oct 14, 9:34am

by Gareth Vaughan

Curtain to fall on Crown wholesale funding guarantee in November when US$71m ANZ bond is repaid

Govt not rushing to 'end banking secrecy as we know it'

NZ in the slow lane alongside Australia in implementation of global initiative to 'end banking secrecy as we know it'

29th Oct 14, 11:29am

by Gareth Vaughan

NZ in the slow lane alongside Australia in implementation of global initiative to 'end banking secrecy as we know it'

Fitch upgrades Heartland rating

Heartland credit rating lifted a notch, other NZ owned financial institutions' ratings affirmed by Fitch

29th Oct 14, 7:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

Heartland credit rating lifted a notch, other NZ owned financial institutions' ratings affirmed by Fitch

A critique of RBNZ risk management

Less dogma, more flexibility needed in Reserve Bank's risk management strategy

29th Oct 14, 5:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

Less dogma, more flexibility needed in Reserve Bank's risk management strategy