OCR preview - RBNZ has more cuts and work to do Consensus among the country’s main banks is the OCR will be cut to 3.75% on Wednesday but after that all eyes will be on the RBNZ’s Monetary Policy Statement outlining its forecast. 
© 2025 Good Returns Fri 3:15pm With more banks deserting New Zealand, the consumer suffers A wave of lenders leaving New Zealand has at least one industry expert warning that any planned reforms will be “too little, too late” to fix regulatory settings that miss the mark 
© 2025 sharechat.co.nz Thu, 12 Dec 11:25am Finance minister: 'Our government won’t be cowered by the big four banks' Nicola Willis has welcomed the Commerce Commission’s report and recommendations into the banking sector, saying it confirms what Kiwis have long suspected about a lack of competition. 
© 2025 Stuff.co.nz Tue, 20 Aug 3:15pm Banks immediately jump on OCR reduction with their own cuts Kiwibank, ASB, ANZ and Westpac moved quickly to pass on home loan rate cuts after the Reserve Bank’s decision. 
© 2025 Stuff.co.nz Wed, 14 Aug 5:35pm Challenge to banks the way to go A government enquiry into rural banking will generate a lot of headlines over the coming year but is unlikely to disrupt the “cosy” banking oligopoly lending to New Zealand farmers 
© 2025 sharechat.co.nz Fri, 19 Jul 11:45am 'Absolute plunge in business profits' could be just the start of downturn - economist New Zealand's Reserve Bank is more tolerant than other central banks of business failure and job losses, Shamubeel Eaqub says, but businesses are "running out of cash". 
© 2025 Stuff.co.nz Mon, 17 Jun 5:35pm Major banks compliant with RBNZ Outsourcing Policy In a significant milestone, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Te Putea Matua is pleased to confirm that New Zealand’s largest banks are now compliant with our Outsourcing Policy (BS11) 
© 2025 sharechat.co.nz Tue, 12 Dec 2:05pm More banks move to increase interest rates Two more banks bumped up their mortgage rates today again in more bad news for borrowers while there are some positive signs for savers with one bank offering 5 per cent interest - the highest rate in some time.Kiwibank and Westpac... 
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  How banks make super profits off savings accounts As potential new homeowners struggle with saving a decent deposit a mortgage adviser can put before a bank in a loan application, Squirrel Mortgages has taken a swipe at how much profit banks are making from savings accounts. 
© 2025 Good Returns Thu 6:35am Dosh to launch a competitive digital home loan Fintech start-up Dosh is planning to launch a digital home loan offering soon and it will be one of the most disruptive of the major banks in 2025, Dosh co-founder Shane Marsh told parliament's finance and expenditure committee. 
© 2025 Good Returns Tue, 10 Dec 6:05pm Farmer confidence stubbornly low Farm confidence has fallen since the start of the year, with debt, interest rates and banks causing the greatest concern to Kiwi farmers 
© 2025 sharechat.co.nz Mon, 29 Jul 11:25am BNZ follows other major banks and trims home loan rates The bank has reduced interest rates on all of its classic home loans - where a customer has at least 20% equity - by between 16 and 30 basis points. 
© 2025 Stuff.co.nz Fri, 19 Jul 11:45am Here’s what NZ banks are planning to do with mortgage rates Economists say borrowers could be in a much more comfortable position this time next year. 
© 2025 Stuff.co.nz Fri, 19 Jul 5:06am Federated Farmers put banks on notice Federated Farmers have released the results of their latest banking survey and the findings paint a damning picture of the state of rural lending 
© 2025 sharechat.co.nz Thu, 23 May 8:45am NZ dollar drops down world currency rankings The NZ dollar has dropped to 14th place in the world's most traded currency rankings from 10th, according to a Bank of International Settlements (BIS) survey.The triennial survey took place in April and involved central banks and... 
© 2025 NZ Herald Fri, 28 Oct 4:19pm SBS to offer 5 per cent deposit rate for one year term SBS Bank has launched a one year term deposit rate of 5 per cent - outstripping the rest of the market as banks slowly lift interest rates on term deposits.Most of the main trading banks are offering 4.4 or 4.5 per cent for a one... 
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