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Helping you get one step ahead.
In 1847, ASB opened as the Auckland Savings Bank with the pledge: 'to serve the community; to grow and to help Kiwis grow'. And that is very much what ASB is about today.
ASB is a leading provider of integrated financial services in New Zealand including retail, business and rural banking, funds management and insurance.
ASB strives to consistently provide its customers with outstanding service and innovative financial solutions. They're dedicated to providing simple financial products that allow their customers to bank with them how and when they want.
We all have our own ways to measure progress, and our own stories about the things that matter to us. Whatever way you choose to measure progress, and whatever your goals, ASB is there to help you get one step ahead.
ASB Bank - Latest News [Page 10]
ASB Evolves To Best Support Its Customers
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 11:25 am | ASB Bank
ASB is recruiting for more than 150 roles to provide specialist guidance and advice to its customers. ASB’s executive general manager Retail Banking Craig Sims explains the positions are for people who will work across its phone, online and branch network ... More >>
ASB Launches Online Resource To Help Struggling SMEs
Monday, 29 June 2020, 9:51 am | ASB Bank
Research by ASB among small and medium-sized businesses reveals SMEs are struggling to find the information they need most to help their business manage the economic impacts of COVID-19. To meet this need, ASB has launched a new online resource – ... More >>
ASB Welcomes Alert Level 1
Monday, 8 June 2020, 4:14 pm | ASB Bank
ASB welcomes the Government’s decision to move Kiwis to a more expansive alert level 1 from midnight tonight. ASB Chief Executive Vittoria Shortt says alert level 1 is another much needed step towards repairing the New Zealand economy. “New Zealand ... More >>
Investor Confidence Falls To Four-year Low
Monday, 8 June 2020, 9:31 am | ASB Bank
As the world grapples with the fallout from the most significant pandemic the world has seen in a century, economic concerns are weighing on investors, dragging investor confidence down to a four-year low in the first quarter of the year. For the three ... More >>
ASB Launches Compassionate Care, A Free Home Loan Benefit To Support Customers
Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 9:37 am | ASB Bank
ASB has launched Compassionate Care, a free home loan benefit designed to provide support for customers when they need it most. The benefit will cover a customer’s home loan interest costs for around 12 months if one of the borrowers on the home ... More >>
Fast And Furious: ASB Quarterly Economic Forecast - May 2020
Friday, 29 May 2020, 7:37 am | ASB
NZ abruptly went into a stringent lockdown to combat health risks, prompting a huge and rapid economic response from the Government. NZ comes out of stringent restrictions able to entertain the possibility of moving to ‘normal’ distancing. But the hard ... More >>
Housing Confidence Whipsawed By COVID-19
Wednesday, 27 May 2020, 6:37 am | ASB
Confidence in rising house prices whipsawed by COVID-19 Perceptions of whether it’s a good time to buy also decline as households batten down the hatches Interest rate expectations flick back to lower for longer Expectations of a continued housing upswing ... More >>
ASB Takes The Lead Again With New Low Home Loan Interest Rate
Friday, 22 May 2020, 9:26 am | ASB Bank
ASB has moved again to support its customers, cutting a number of home loan rates, including the two-year special rate to a new low of 2.69% p.a. Craig Sims, ASB executive general manager Retail Banking says the reduced rate will be welcome news for many ... More >>
ASB Officially Endorsed As Carbon Zero
Monday, 18 May 2020, 9:16 am | ASB Bank
ASB has achieved a major step towards its climate goals, by achieving carboNZero certification from Toitu Envirocare. The certification validates ASB’s plan to reduce its carbon emissions in line with international targets. Remaining emissions ... More >>
ASB Extends Customer Support During Alert Level 2 And Launches Priority Hour
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 3:29 pm | ASB Bank
As New Zealand continues to progress out of lockdown, ASB is opening a further 12 branches from Monday, increasing operating hours, and launching a priority hour across all open branches for customers needing extra support. From 9am to 10am between Monday ... More >>
Two’s The Magic Number - ASB Interest Rate That’s Two For Two
Friday, 8 May 2020, 8:10 am | ASB
As the country prepares to move to level 2, ASB has moved again to support customers by cutting a number of home loan rates, including the two-year special rate to a new low of 2.99% p.a. Craig Sims, ASB executive general manager Retail Banking says ... More >>
ASB Welcomes Changes To Business Finance Guarantee Scheme
Saturday, 2 May 2020, 6:49 am | ASB
ASB supports the Government’s decision to extend the Business Finance Guarantee Scheme to a broader group of customers. ASB is continuing to provide significant and unprecedented support to our customers and we are seeing increasing numbers of ... More >>
ASB Extends Branch Opening Hours As Country Moves To Alert Level 3
Friday, 24 April 2020, 1:33 pm | ASB Bank
ASB is doubling the operating hours of its 42 branches when Alert Level 3 starts on Tuesday. During the lockdown, and to support those who could not bank in other ways, some branches were open from 10am-2pm on either Tuesday or Thursday. During ... More >>
ASB Proud To Partner With PaySimple To Support New Zealand Businesses
Friday, 24 April 2020, 11:11 am | ASB Bank
ASB-backed Kiwi start-up PaySauce is offering a free version of its platform for the next few months to support Kiwi businesses dealing with the COVID-19 impacts. The platform, PaySimple, is a streamlined version of PaySauce’s payroll software, ... More >>
ASB Reinforces Its Support For Kiwi Businesses With Its Competitive COVID-19 Overdraft Facility Rate
Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 1:45 pm | ASB
ASB has helped over 8,600 business customers providing more than $4 billion across its various relief packages since the COVID-19 situation started to impact New Zealand. “We are here to help Kiwis, and we’re doing that in a range of ways by working ... More >>
ASB Contactless Payments Announcement
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 8:26 am | ASB Bank
The New Zealand Payments Industry today announced that contactless payments can now be made up to $200 without the need for a PIN. This is in response to New Zealand being at alert level 4 of the COVID-19 response. The $200 limit may decrease to the ... More >>
An Essential Thanks To All Of New Zealand’s Essential Workers
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 10:52 am | ASB Bank
For many New Zealanders, alert level 4 has meant staying at home. For those working in essential services however, it has meant heading out and working even harder to support the country during the lockdown period. At ASB, we think these everyday Kiwi ... More >>
ASB Strengthens Support Measures To Help More Businesses
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 5:25 pm | ASB Bank
ASB has further increased its range of support measures for Kiwi business customers impacted by the economic effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19), by participating in the Government's Business Finance Guarantee Scheme. ASB's eligible business customers ... More >>
We’re Here To Get Kiwis Through
Friday, 27 March 2020, 12:45 pm | ASB Bank
ASB Chief Executive Vittoria Shortt is commending the swift action taken by all parties to develop another major financial support package for homeowners whose income has been impacted by COVID-19. “It is vital we’re all working together to deliver ... More >>
ASB Cuts Home Loan Interest Rates To Support Customers
Monday, 16 March 2020, 10:00 am | ASB
ASB has responded to the RBNZ’s decision to reduce the Official Cash Rate, saying it will pass on the full cut to its customers. “We’ve made a deliberate choice to pass on the full Official Cash Rate cut to our customers so we can support them ... More >>
