Lynn Grieveson

The RBNZ’s slow shift to debt to income ratios as a tool for regulating retail bank mortgage lending has stepped up a gear, with the launch of consultation on its proposed settings.  read more

Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has warned that the central bank may use its payments system regulatory powers to speed-up the rollout of least cost routing to merchants, saying progress has bee.. read more

The coalition agreement finally signed by the National Party with its two partners following the October election defeat of the Labour government includes a faster return to interest deductibility for.. read more

The New Zealand government has announced an inquiry into the retail banking market, with a focus on barriers to entry for competitors, the ability to switch banks easily and openness to new technology.. read more

The Reserve Bank will be expecting New Zealand’s banks to improve their emergency planning and resilience in the wake of the storms that have battered the country and left some flood ravaged East Coas.. read more

In a departure from accepted norms about the independence of the central bank and banking regulator, the leaders of New Zealand’s opposition National Party yesterday attacked the reappointment of RBNZ.. read more

After Westpac and ANZ’s large local profits, anger at the subsidiaries of the Big Four banks in New Zealand is building, calls for a ‘windfall tax’ are getting louder and the prime minister has pointe.. read more

Borrowers from Buy Now Pay Later companies operating in New Zealand will have increased protections if new regulations proposed by the government go ahead. But while lenders are relieved that there ar.. read more

A return to low inflation remains the primary target of the hawkish Reserve Bank of New Zealand, even as it acknowledges its approach will result in increased unemployment. read more

The New Zealand government’s attempt to quietly align its approach to charging GST on fund management fees with that in place in Australia, and to “level the playing field” for smaller and larger prov.. read more