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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Clean, green and up to our necks in debt

International report confirms NZ is a world leader in its consumer credit to personal disposable income ratio

20th Sep 14, 7:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

International report confirms NZ is a world leader in its consumer credit to personal disposable income ratio

'Good' interest in govt banking tender

MBIE says it has received a 'good number' of expressions of interest in government's banking business

19th Sep 14, 5:23pm

by Gareth Vaughan

MBIE says it has received a 'good number' of expressions of interest in government's banking business

Roost Home Loan Affordability report for August

NZ home loan affordability improved in August as interest rates and mortgage payments fell

19th Sep 14, 11:28am

by Gareth Vaughan

NZ home loan affordability improved in August as interest rates and mortgage payments fell

Govt seeks insurance 'intermediary supplier panel'

Govt moving to all-of-govt risk financing and insurance strategy with central govt agencies spending about $180m on insurance annually

19th Sep 14, 9:44am

by Gareth Vaughan

Govt moving to all-of-govt risk financing and insurance strategy with central govt agencies spending about $180m on insurance annually

Govt helping hand for Solid Energy, again

Solid Energy's land remediation indemnity tab to be picked up by taxpayers to prevent SOE falling into negative equity

18th Sep 14, 3:40pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Solid Energy's land remediation indemnity tab to be picked up by taxpayers to prevent SOE falling into negative equity

Lawyers want visual diagrams for borrowers

NZ Law Society calls for visual diagrams to help borrowers understand fees and interest over the life of a credit contract

18th Sep 14, 5:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

NZ Law Society calls for visual diagrams to help borrowers understand fees and interest over the life of a credit contract

RBNZ delves into the cost of credit ratings

RBNZ review of credit rating exemptions for NBDTs highlights the attraction of the cheaper P2P business model

17th Sep 14, 4:15pm

by Gareth Vaughan

RBNZ review of credit rating exemptions for NBDTs highlights the attraction of the cheaper P2P business model

ASB, Westpac cut forecast Fonterra payouts

ASB, Westpac both cut their 2014-15 forecast Fonterra payout by 50c to $5.30 per kg of milk solids

17th Sep 14, 12:48pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ASB, Westpac both cut their 2014-15 forecast Fonterra payout by 50c to $5.30 per kg of milk solids

China's 'Fox Hunt 2014' targets NZ

Shadowy Chinese Communist party group investigating people and assets in NZ, the FT says

17th Sep 14, 8:19am

by Gareth Vaughan

Shadowy Chinese Communist party group investigating people and assets in NZ, the FT says

ANZ opens Albany 'home centre'

ANZ NZ launches its first 'home-away-from-home' mortgage, business and seminar centre

17th Sep 14, 6:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

ANZ NZ launches its first 'home-away-from-home' mortgage, business and seminar centre

Who should savers vote for?

Gareth Vaughan takes a look at what the main political parties are offering savers ahead of the September 20 election

16th Sep 14, 2:59pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Gareth Vaughan takes a look at what the main political parties are offering savers ahead of the September 20 election

Fonterra tipped to cut payout forecast

ANZ sees 'downside risk' to prices at tonight’s Fonterra auction, expects co-operative's forecast to be cut from $6 towards $5.25kg MS

16th Sep 14, 10:14am

by Gareth Vaughan

ANZ sees 'downside risk' to prices at tonight’s Fonterra auction, expects co-operative's forecast to be cut from $6 towards $5.25kg MS

Apple Pay - 'banks should be worried'

Apple Pay expected to take a slice of banks' payments revenue

15th Sep 14, 4:30pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Apple Pay expected to take a slice of banks' payments revenue

Of apples, atoms, eggs and P2P

Gareth Vaughan says Apple Pay, P2P lending and Atom highlight the technological threat to banks has gone up a gear

15th Sep 14, 4:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Gareth Vaughan says Apple Pay, P2P lending and Atom highlight the technological threat to banks has gone up a gear

Rabobank top of the pops again

Rabobank comes in first in Roy Morgan's financial services sector customer satisfaction survey for 2nd straight month

15th Sep 14, 5:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

Rabobank comes in first in Roy Morgan's financial services sector customer satisfaction survey for 2nd straight month

'Kiwibank must be supported'

NZ First calls for 'urgent action' to develop New Zealand owned and operated banks

15th Sep 14, 5:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

NZ First calls for 'urgent action' to develop New Zealand owned and operated banks

ANZ talks fees

Each lender is unique so there can't be a 'one size fits all' approach to whether fees are reasonable, ANZ says

12th Sep 14, 4:32pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Each lender is unique so there can't be a 'one size fits all' approach to whether fees are reasonable, ANZ says

NZ's biggest consumer finance business GE on the block

GE Capital looking to sell its Australasian consumer finance operations

12th Sep 14, 12:03pm

by Gareth Vaughan

GE Capital looking to sell its Australasian consumer finance operations

NZ consumer credit markets 'lightly regulated'

Commerce Commission says Responsible Lending Code should be adaptive to innovative products and practices from lenders

11th Sep 14, 4:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Commerce Commission says Responsible Lending Code should be adaptive to innovative products and practices from lenders

Apple's 'great endorsement for NFC'

TSM NZ boss hails Apple's iPhone 6 and Apple Pay as a great endorsement for NFC technology

11th Sep 14, 4:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

TSM NZ boss hails Apple's iPhone 6 and Apple Pay as a great endorsement for NFC technology

'You are going to see monetary policy working'

RBNZ Governor says the rising OCR will hit borrowers in their pockets given the short duration of NZ home loans

11th Sep 14, 11:13am

by Gareth Vaughan

RBNZ Governor says the rising OCR will hit borrowers in their pockets given the short duration of NZ home loans

Consumer NZ zeros in on 'interest free'

Consumer NZ targets weekly and monthly interest rates, trigger points, interest free and fees in responsible lending submission

10th Sep 14, 4:30pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Consumer NZ targets weekly and monthly interest rates, trigger points, interest free and fees in responsible lending submission

RBNZ says no to debt-to-income limit

Lenders should ensure borrowers will be able to service mortgages if interest rates rise significantly, RBNZ says

10th Sep 14, 5:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

Lenders should ensure borrowers will be able to service mortgages if interest rates rise significantly, RBNZ says

4 funders stump up $100m for Harmoney

Peer-to-peer lender Harmoney launches, officially, with $100 million to lend

10th Sep 14, 1:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

Peer-to-peer lender Harmoney launches, officially, with $100 million to lend

What Heartland's Harmoney deal means

Heartland Bank won't merely be a passive investor in P2P lender Harmoney, bank's CEO says

9th Sep 14, 4:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Heartland Bank won't merely be a passive investor in P2P lender Harmoney, bank's CEO says