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

Fancy carrying a tax residence licence?

Here come the tax acronyms; FATCA, AEOI, specified US persons & the potential for a tax residence licence in your wallet alongside your driver's licence

15th Apr 14, 7:22am

by Gareth Vaughan

Here come the tax acronyms; FATCA, AEOI, specified US persons & the potential for a tax residence licence in your wallet alongside your driver's licence

ASB's 'Swiss Army knife of banking'

ASB unveils mobile wallet trial via 'PayTag' with Visa Paywave sticker

14th Apr 14, 11:15am

by Gareth Vaughan

ASB unveils mobile wallet trial via 'PayTag' with Visa Paywave sticker

PayPal wants unified Aust, NZ regulation

PayPal asks Australian government to use CER to align Australian and New Zealand payments regulations

14th Apr 14, 7:27am

by Gareth Vaughan

PayPal asks Australian government to use CER to align Australian and New Zealand payments regulations

ASB eyes new business credit cards

ASB says exclusive credit card partnership with Visa will see new offers for business customers

11th Apr 14, 3:43pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ASB says exclusive credit card partnership with Visa will see new offers for business customers

Gen Y feels 'locked out of housing market'

Veda says Generation Y is turning to personal loans for cars and consumer goods because they feel locked out of the housing market

11th Apr 14, 10:13am

by Gareth Vaughan

Veda says Generation Y is turning to personal loans for cars and consumer goods because they feel locked out of the housing market

New way around LVR restrictions?

FMA says peer-to-peer loans could be used to help fund house purchases

11th Apr 14, 6:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

FMA says peer-to-peer loans could be used to help fund house purchases

Here comes peer-to-peer lending

Online dating services for borrowers and lenders are almost upon us, so what will they mean?

10th Apr 14, 4:38pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Online dating services for borrowers and lenders are almost upon us, so what will they mean?

Foodstuffs adopts contactless payments

Visa, Foodstuffs say Pak’nSave, New World and Four Square supermarkets to offer customers contactless payments option

10th Apr 14, 1:42pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Visa, Foodstuffs say Pak’nSave, New World and Four Square supermarkets to offer customers contactless payments option

What Westpac's MasterCard deal means

Westpac's MasterCard deal to feature focus on products for business and institutional customers

9th Apr 14, 4:37pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Westpac's MasterCard deal to feature focus on products for business and institutional customers

What's keeping bank executives awake at night

What does Australasia's biggest bank want from a government financial system inquiry?

9th Apr 14, 7:10am

by Gareth Vaughan

What does Australasia's biggest bank want from a government financial system inquiry?

ANZ gets in ASB's face, again

ANZ continues lifting its visibility in Auckland by sponsoring the Viaduct Events Centre opposite ASB's HQ

9th Apr 14, 6:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

ANZ continues lifting its visibility in Auckland by sponsoring the Viaduct Events Centre opposite ASB's HQ

AM Best sees NZ insurers' RoE rising

Credit rating agency sees potential for 'significant' underwriting-led improvement in return on equity for NZ general insurers

9th Apr 14, 6:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

Credit rating agency sees potential for 'significant' underwriting-led improvement in return on equity for NZ general insurers

'The carry trade is still relevant'

HiFX's Dan Bell on the rising interest rate differential between NZ and the US, and the potential for engineered products to attract offshore investors to the NZ$

7th Apr 14, 8:51pm

by Gareth Vaughan

HiFX's Dan Bell on the rising interest rate differential between NZ and the US, and the potential for engineered products to attract offshore investors to the NZ$

NZ FATCA deal as good as done

Intergovernmental agreement with US over the controversial FATCA tax act secured

7th Apr 14, 4:25pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Intergovernmental agreement with US over the controversial FATCA tax act secured

New ANZ mobile banking service for SMEs

ANZ lays claim to being New Zealand's first 'total mobile' bank

7th Apr 14, 12:40pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ANZ lays claim to being New Zealand's first 'total mobile' bank

Andrew Thorburn departs with 'no regrets'

BNZ boss Andrew Thorburn says his successor faces strong competitors and margin pressure, highlighting arrival of China's ICBC in NZ

7th Apr 14, 7:03am

by Gareth Vaughan

BNZ boss Andrew Thorburn says his successor faces strong competitors and margin pressure, highlighting arrival of China's ICBC in NZ

Who will succeed Andrew Thorburn at BNZ?

Departing CEO Andrew Thorburn sees 'very good talent who are potential replacements for me' within BNZ

7th Apr 14, 7:03am

by Gareth Vaughan

Departing CEO Andrew Thorburn sees 'very good talent who are potential replacements for me' within BNZ

Big banks' implicit govt guarantee on the line

Loss of implicit government guarantee could cost big 4 Australasian banks a combined A$1b annually

4th Apr 14, 10:02am

by Gareth Vaughan

Loss of implicit government guarantee could cost big 4 Australasian banks a combined A$1b annually

Covered bonds 'gold reserves in a crisis'

BNZ CFO Adrienne Duarte on how the bank's avoiding a NAB group Australia versus New Zealand funding debate

3rd Apr 14, 10:06am

by Gareth Vaughan

BNZ CFO Adrienne Duarte on how the bank's avoiding a NAB group Australia versus New Zealand funding debate

'Dollar-in-dollar-out culture here to stay'

CFO Adrienne Duarte says BNZ continues to attract deposit money in faster than it's lending money out

1st Apr 14, 5:03pm

by Gareth Vaughan

CFO Adrienne Duarte says BNZ continues to attract deposit money in faster than it's lending money out

'As few things as possible should find their way into a courtroom'

Caution for bank customers over 'some measure of danger' in litigation funder led bank penalty fees cases

1st Apr 14, 3:10pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Caution for bank customers over 'some measure of danger' in litigation funder led bank penalty fees cases

TSB, Co-op lift term deposit rates

Range of term deposit rate increases from TSB, Co-operative Bank introduces 4-month 'special'

1st Apr 14, 12:30pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Range of term deposit rate increases from TSB, Co-operative Bank introduces 4-month 'special'

Big loan impairment hits HSBC

HSBC NZ's annual profit takes big hit with a near $20m 4th quarter loss after large corporate loan impairment

1st Apr 14, 10:15am

by Gareth Vaughan

HSBC NZ's annual profit takes big hit with a near $20m 4th quarter loss after large corporate loan impairment

Confidence taken from Google, Apple

Westpac digital chief Simon Pomeroy on the bank's plans for wearable technology, biometrics, and big data

28th Mar 14, 3:13pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Westpac digital chief Simon Pomeroy on the bank's plans for wearable technology, biometrics, and big data

End nigh for RBNZ's LVR experiment?

RBNZ's Grant Spencer says rising interest rates give greater scope to ease or remove LVR restrictions

28th Mar 14, 7:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

RBNZ's Grant Spencer says rising interest rates give greater scope to ease or remove LVR restrictions