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True mobile wallets a step closer
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 12:41 pm | Bank of New Zealand
True mobile wallets look to be a step closer following a successful trial of NFC (Near Field Communications) technology between BNZ, Vodafone, Visa and Paymark. More >>
Business sentiment hits a 15 month low
Monday, 11 June 2012, 1:06 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Business sentiment hits a 15 month low. Welcome to the results of our latest BNZ Confidence Survey. Our monthly BNZ Confidence Survey has revealed a return of pessimism regarding prospects for the New Zealand economy over the coming year. A net 5% of ... More >>
Instant Balances latest update to BNZ’s leading app
Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 2:02 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Following on from the launch of Mobile NetGuard last month, BNZ has made it even easier for customers to access their account balances. Instant Balances allows customers to see their account balances in their iPhone and Android apps, without having to ... More >>
BNZ makes contact with contactless payments
Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 12:48 pm | Bank of New Zealand
BNZ has introduced a new dual-interface chip card which gives customers the ability to make contactless payments, while still able to make payments the traditional way. More >>
Aussie Dollars Now Within Cooee of the Office
Monday, 28 May 2012, 3:45 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Kiwis wanting Aussie cash will be able to easily withdraw what they need from four newly souped-up ATMs around Auckland, making a trip across the ditch that little bit easier. More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview
Thursday, 17 May 2012, 6:28 pm | BNZ Weekly
Apart from Germany surprising with 0.5% growth during the March quarter there is very little positive news coming out of Europe and it seems just a matter of time and another general election in a few weeks before the Greeks leave the Euro and ... More >>
BNZ Announces Hot Rate of 5.10%
Sunday, 13 May 2012, 5:38 pm | BNZ
Bank of New Zealand has slashed its 18 month Classic Fixed home loan rate to 5.10% for a limited time. The bank is giving New Zealanders one of the lowest rates for a longer term compared to what is currently on offer in the market. More >>
BNZ reports a strong result in a restrained economy
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 2:57 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has today reported cash earnings for its New Zealand Banking operations for the six months to 31 March 2012 of $385 million. This is an increase of $56 million or 17% compared to the half year to September 2011. More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview
Thursday, 3 May 2012, 6:15 pm | BNZ Weekly
This is the first Thursday of the month so we are running our monthly BNZ Confidence Survey. Please click on the link below and let us know whether you feel the NZ economy will be better or worse in a year’s time. And if time permits please feel free ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 27 April 2012, 9:31 am | BNZ Weekly
Good evening everyone – although where I am in Canary Wharf in London it should be good morning. Reading the Financial Times each morning and speaking with many people over the past week one thing is clear – this part of the planet is weak ... More >>
Upbeat small firms keen to invest and hire more staff
Tuesday, 24 April 2012, 5:22 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Small firms are upbeat about their prospects and expect to lift investment and hire more staff in the coming year, according to the new Business Micro Scope report launched today by ANZ New Zealand. More >>
Mobile growth drives BNZ security evolution
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 10:15 am | Bank of New Zealand
BNZ has made logging in to its mobile banking apps simpler and smarter thanks to a New Zealand-first security innovation. The bank’s Wellington-based development team have come up with a system that incorporates secure two factor authentication ... More >>
Business sentiment the best since September
Monday, 16 April 2012, 9:53 am | Bank of New Zealand
Our third Confidence Survey for 2012 has shown sentiment improving yet again. A net 34% of over 400 respondents expect the NZ economy to improve over the coming year. This is up from a net 27% in March and a net 2% in November expecting that things ... More >>
High demand for volunteers as bank Closes For Good
Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 10:50 am | BNZ
More than 770 community organisations nationwide have put their hands up for help during BNZ’s Closed for Good day. More >>
BNZ extends the deadline for Closed for Good submissions
Friday, 16 March 2012, 5:11 pm | Bank of New Zealand
BNZ wants this year’s Closed for Good day of nationwide volunteering to be the biggest, brightest and busiest ever. More >>
BNZ saves Kiwis $101million, picks up innovation award
Monday, 12 March 2012, 10:15 am | Bank of New Zealand
In just five years, Kiwis signed up for BNZ’s TotalMoney offset bank account have saved $101 million in interest charges. More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview March 8
Thursday, 8 March 2012, 8:42 pm | Bank of New Zealand
This week we released the results of our monthly BNZ Confidence Survey and BNZ-REINZ Residential Market Survey. The former showed a rise in sentiment to a six month high of a net 27% optimistic. The latter showed further evidence of investors starting ... More >>
Auckland leading residential real estate upward
Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 1:27 pm | BNZ
Our latest BNZ-REINZ Residential Market Survey has found continuing strong growth in the number of first home buyers entering the market, further interest from investors, strong perceptions that prices are rising, but no clear feeling in recent months ... More >>
$1m funding up for grabs for business scholarships
Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 4:05 pm | BNZ
BNZ have today announced they are extending their business capability scheme to include senior managers of SMEs. More >>
BNZ: Business confidence hits a six month high
Monday, 5 March 2012, 11:54 am | BNZ Weekly
For the third month in a row business sentiment about where the economy will be in a year’s time has improved. A net 27% of respondents in our monthly survey feel optimistic compared with 13% in February and a recent low of a net 2% feeling pessimistic ... More >>