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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will announce its new capital requirements for banks in mid-December, and will also be looking to constrain the use of internal capital modelling. read more

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has eased restrictions on bank lending, but has also indicated it sees loan to value ratio restrictions as a permanent feature of the banking system. read more

New Zealand banks are failing to adequately monitor and control the inherent conflict of interest between customers and staff who are incentivised to sell them financial products, says the Financial M.. read more

A claim that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the FMA over-stepped their legal mandate - and wasted $2 million - with their review of bank culture and conduct has been strongly rejected by the two.. read more

The New Zealand First Party, one of the partners of the coalition government, is renewing its push for the imposition of an Australian-style banking levy on Kiwi banks, a sector which one government m.. read more

New Zealand's banks could be facing tougher regulation, with the government and regulators threatening to address the "regulatory gap" around mandatory culture and conduct reporting, despite a review.. read more

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand was keen to emphasise that the decision to relax some of the so-called "speed limits" that had been applied to the housing market was no "green light" for bankers and h.. read more

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand says it is confident that none of the other Big Four-owned banks in New Zealand share the issue of non-compliant internal risk models which tripped up Westpac NZ, while.. read more