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Gareth Vaughan

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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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16 years 6 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
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
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
by Gareth Vaughan
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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
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
by Gareth Vaughan
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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
by Gareth Vaughan
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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
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
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
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
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
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
by Gareth Vaughan
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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
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
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
by Gareth Vaughan
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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
by Gareth Vaughan
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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
by Gareth Vaughan
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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
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
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?
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
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
by Gareth Vaughan
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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
by Gareth Vaughan
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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
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
by Gareth Vaughan
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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