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 10 months

Latest articles

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

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