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

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

Taxpayers' money for SMEs via P2P lending?

The UK Govt uses taxpayers' money to help fund SMEs through non-bank sources such as peer-to-peer lending; Should NZ follow this example?

9th Sep 14, 12:29pm

by Gareth Vaughan

The UK Govt uses taxpayers' money to help fund SMEs through non-bank sources such as peer-to-peer lending; Should NZ follow this example?

Big 4 banks 'dipping down' into small personal loans

Flat year at Instant Finance with expectations of growth ahead from new offshoot My Finance

8th Sep 14, 4:30pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Flat year at Instant Finance with expectations of growth ahead from new offshoot My Finance

Heartland buys into Harmoney

Heartland Bank becomes one of the first banks globally to buy into a peer-to-peer lender with a 10% stake in Harmoney

8th Sep 14, 10:27am

by Gareth Vaughan

Heartland Bank becomes one of the first banks globally to buy into a peer-to-peer lender with a 10% stake in Harmoney

'Treat all lenders and borrowers the same'

Banking Ombudsman calls for special treatment for payday lending and loan sharking in Responsible Lending Code

8th Sep 14, 5:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

Banking Ombudsman calls for special treatment for payday lending and loan sharking in Responsible Lending Code

Corporate specialist's quarterly lending up 6%

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi grows lending in June quarter and returns to profit

5th Sep 14, 4:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi grows lending in June quarter and returns to profit

The 'dead rubber' OCR review

RBNZ set to leave OCR at 3.50% on Thursday, but there's still plenty of interest in what it says and what it forecasts

5th Sep 14, 3:19pm

by Gareth Vaughan

RBNZ set to leave OCR at 3.50% on Thursday, but there's still plenty of interest in what it says and what it forecasts

'Going smoothly isn't about people not suffering loss'

FMA director of compliance says peer-to-peer lending is for investors with a good understanding of risk and an appetite to take that risk on

5th Sep 14, 7:08am

by Gareth Vaughan

FMA director of compliance says peer-to-peer lending is for investors with a good understanding of risk and an appetite to take that risk on

HSBC reverses recent impaired asset rise

HSBC June quarter sees big drop in impaired assets with profit down 3.5%

4th Sep 14, 4:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

HSBC June quarter sees big drop in impaired assets with profit down 3.5%

S&P changes how it rates finance companies

Standard & Poor's revamps credit rating methodology for finance companies moving to more prescriptive approach

3rd Sep 14, 5:21pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Standard & Poor's revamps credit rating methodology for finance companies moving to more prescriptive approach

TSB NIM up, CTI down in June quarter

TSB June quarter profit rises 6.4% with lending growing but deposits shrinking

3rd Sep 14, 5:15pm

by Gareth Vaughan

TSB June quarter profit rises 6.4% with lending growing but deposits shrinking

'Putting our balance sheet where our mouth is'

ASB rural boss Steve Jurkovich encourages farmers to front foot environmental issues with the urban population

3rd Sep 14, 2:00pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ASB rural boss Steve Jurkovich encourages farmers to front foot environmental issues with the urban population

ANZ predicts $5.1b annual drop in dairy revenue

ANZ cuts its Fonterra 2014-15 milk price forecast to $5.25/kg MS, which would represent a $5.1b annual drop in farmers' revenue

3rd Sep 14, 10:04am

by Gareth Vaughan

ANZ cuts its Fonterra 2014-15 milk price forecast to $5.25/kg MS, which would represent a $5.1b annual drop in farmers' revenue

ASB 'supporting customers with big ambitions'

ASB's Steve Jurkovich on how the bank aims to continue strong lending growth in its corporate, rural and commercial operations

2nd Sep 14, 4:32pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ASB's Steve Jurkovich on how the bank aims to continue strong lending growth in its corporate, rural and commercial operations

Harmoney goes live

NZ's first licenced online peer-to-peer lender now up and running

2nd Sep 14, 9:23am

by Gareth Vaughan

NZ's first licenced online peer-to-peer lender now up and running

Kiwibank's cost to income surge

Kiwibank June quarter cost to income ratio and net interest margins rise as home loan book grows at higher percentage than rivals

1st Sep 14, 4:15pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Kiwibank June quarter cost to income ratio and net interest margins rise as home loan book grows at higher percentage than rivals

Kiwibank grows credit card marketshare

Helped by Air NZ airports cards, Kiwibank grows credit card marketshare

1st Sep 14, 3:27pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Helped by Air NZ airports cards, Kiwibank grows credit card marketshare

F&P Finance redeems just $3.3m of deposits

Fisher & Paykel Finance 'really pleased' with Q Card securitisation, mulls payments-technology initiatives

29th Aug 14, 4:55pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Fisher & Paykel Finance 'really pleased' with Q Card securitisation, mulls payments-technology initiatives

Kiwibank boss promises dividends

Kiwibank annual profit rises 3% boosted by higher net interest margin and release of bad debt provisions

29th Aug 14, 10:07am

by Gareth Vaughan

Kiwibank annual profit rises 3% boosted by higher net interest margin and release of bad debt provisions

Wearable technology 'not another channel'

Fresh from unveiling Westpac partnership, Moven's Brett King argues some banks are going down the wrong path with wearable technology

29th Aug 14, 9:45am

by Gareth Vaughan

Fresh from unveiling Westpac partnership, Moven's Brett King argues some banks are going down the wrong path with wearable technology

Strong rise in Co-op Bank quarterly profit

The Co-operative Bank grows mortgage book by almost 3% in June quarter

29th Aug 14, 9:40am

by Gareth Vaughan

The Co-operative Bank grows mortgage book by almost 3% in June quarter

Spark's 'Square style' mobile payments

Spark targets SMEs with mobile payments service from Optimizer

28th Aug 14, 3:09pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Spark targets SMEs with mobile payments service from Optimizer