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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has proposed banks hold more capital for higher loan to value ratio loans in a move to slow a surge in riskier lending and housing inflation read more

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has proposed a strengthening of its oversight powers over the payments and settlements systems. read more

Opposition parties and some economists have called for the adoption of a deposit insurance scheme in New Zealand after a week of debate over the Reserve Bank's new system for dealing with a bank fai.. read more

Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Graeme Wheeler has warned that the "last thing New Zealand needs is another housing bubble", which he said was why the bank was working quickly to have macro-prude.. read more

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand pointed in its March quarter monetary policy statement  to the likelihood that New Zealand banks would return to international markets to fund growth in lending fo.. read more

The lawyers behind a class action lawsuit against New Zealand's banks over dishonour fees say their campaign to sign up over 100,000 complainants is gaining traction, with 16,000 people signing up i.. read more

Independent New Zealand lawyer Andrew Hooker, Slater and Gordon and Litigation Lending Services (LLS) have announced they are funding a class action lawsuit and hope to gather the names of more than.. read more

New Zealand's Commerce Commission has slammed leading brokerage Forsyth Barr and Credit Agricole's Calyon over the way they sold toxic bonds to retail investors in 2006. read more

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has issued a consultation paper on proposals for four macro-prudential tools to reduce financial system risk and dampen the sort of excessive credit growth and asset.. read more

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has confirmed Goldman Sachs has been appointed to review Kiwibank's capital needs, but he has ruled out a government sale. read more