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BNZ Welcomes Government’s Loan Guarantee Scheme For Community Housing Providers
Wednesday, 1 October 2025, 2:51 pm | BNZ
The scheme will see the Crown guarantee 80% of eligible CHP lending, enabling participating banks to offer more competitive interest rates and lending terms to the sector. More >>
Health Sector Turns To AI To Help Free Up Time For Patient Care
Tuesday, 30 September 2025, 9:33 am | BNZ
“We’re seeing providers start with AI applications that can immediately reduce administrative burden on clinical staff, rather than those that directly influence patient care,” says BNZ Head of Health Thomsen McKenzie. More >>
BNZ Fixed Housing Rate Change Effective 30.09.2025
Tuesday, 30 September 2025, 9:24 am | BNZ
BNZ is updating their Fixed Housing rates effective 30th September 2025. More >>
BNZ Cuts 1-Year Home Loan Interest Rate To 4.49%
Tuesday, 30 September 2025, 9:19 am | BNZ
Executive Customer Products & Services, Karna Luke, says BNZ is continuing to compete hard for new home loan customers by offering attractive rates. More >>
Enhanced Banking Experience Comes To Feilding With Completion Of Branch Upgrade
Monday, 29 September 2025, 9:40 am | BNZ
BNZ General Manager Branch, Claire McKinnon, says the branch improvement continues BNZ’s recent investment across the region. More >>
Eco-Pulse: Construction Downturn Ending, But When Will The Recovery Appear?
Friday, 19 September 2025, 7:30 am | BNZ
There’s significant uncertainty about the timing of any upturn. That’s thanks to the sector’s strong links to two of the more unpredictable elements of the economy – migration and house prices. We expect some lift in both over the coming 12 months, ... More >>
Eco-Pulse: Construction Downturn Ending, But When Will The Recovery Appear?
Friday, 19 September 2025, 7:30 am | BNZ
There’s significant uncertainty about the timing of any upturn. That’s thanks to the sector’s strong links to two of the more unpredictable elements of the economy – migration and house prices. We expect some lift in both over the coming 12 months, ... More >>
The Ups And Downs Of Sideways
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 1:25 pm | BNZ
Like the RBNZ, we doubt we’ll see much lift this year. Already, recent REINZ data show the prior tentative recovery in the House Price Index petering out. After seven consecutive (seasonally adjusted) monthly increases, small falls in the index were ... More >>
BNZ Fixed Housing Rate Change Effective 02.09.2025
Tuesday, 2 September 2025, 7:33 am | BNZ
BNZ is updating their Fixed Housing rates effective 2nd September 2025. More >>
BNZ Fixed Housing Rate Change Effective 26.08.2025
Tuesday, 26 August 2025, 7:37 am | BNZ
BNZ is updating their Fixed Housing rates effective 26th August 2025. More >>
Homeowners Could Be Missing Out On Thousands In Potential Home Loan Savings, BNZ Survey Reveals
Sunday, 24 August 2025, 1:55 pm | BNZ
Offset mortgages allow homeowners to link their everyday transaction and savings accounts to their home loan, so the money in those accounts reduces the balance on which interest is calculated. More >>
‘Year Of The Refix’ Redux, Post RBNZ
Thursday, 21 August 2025, 1:38 pm | BNZ
One of the things that jumped out at us at the start of the year was just how ‘short’ the mortgage book had become. Such was the preference for short fixed terms that over 80% of mortgage borrowings were set to experience a rate reset this year. More >>
BlinkPay Develops NZ’s First Real-Time Payments Capability, Seeks Industry Partners With BNZ As Inaugural Participant
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 7:30 am | BNZ
The technology enables transactions to have settlement confirmed within seconds rather than half hourly or overnight, and could transform how workers get paid, urgent funds are distributed, and businesses manage cash flow across New Zealand once broadly ... More >>
BNZ Cuts Fixed Home Loan Rates Across Multiple Terms Ahead Of OCR Announcement
Wednesday, 13 August 2025, 7:22 am | BNZ
BNZ General Manager Home Lending James Leydon says the bank is delivering rate relief to customers now. More >>
Eco-Pulse: Real Wage Squeeze Reinforces Spending Headwinds
Friday, 8 August 2025, 12:06 pm | BNZ
Chiefly, unemployment would have lifted by more were it not for discouraged workers leaving the labour force. The labour force participation rate fell to a four-year low. More >>
BNZ Research Identifies Key Drivers Of NZ Business Growth – And The Untapped Opportunities
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 7:29 am | BNZ
BNZ’s Growth Levers Insight Report, based on a survey of over 1,000 businesses across the country and in-depth case studies of six high growth companies, reveals what drives sustained business expansion and where the biggest gaps exist. More >>
BNZ’s Payap Offers Businesses A Way Forward As Government Moves To Ban Payment Surcharges
Monday, 28 July 2025, 5:13 pm | BNZ
Payap provides a lower-cost alternative with transaction fees of just 0.39% or 0.59% and no monthly fixed fees. It is compatible with all major New Zealand banks and uses open banking technology to provide secure, direct account-to-account transfers More >>
Duck, Dive…Revive?
Monday, 28 July 2025, 3:31 pm | BNZ
Indicators of global risk appetite remain healthy and global equity markets have blasted through record highs. That’s helpful for confidence, to the extent it lasts. Alongside this and, most importantly for NZ’s economic plight, the recent trend ... More >>
Tech Founders Get Keys To Home Ownership With BNZ’s New Home Loan Solution
Monday, 7 July 2025, 7:10 am | BNZ
BNZ's Founder Housing takes a different approach by evaluating business viability and potential rather than focusing solely on profit and loss statements. The solution recognises institutional investment as a positive indicator and includes specialised ... More >>
The Awkward Places NZers Admit To Using Their Devices – And Why Scammers Love It
Monday, 30 June 2025, 7:16 am | BNZ
The nationwide study found that most New Zealanders have responded to an email, text or notification while doing something else, with 35% admitting they’ve done so in the bathroom, 41% in the middle of a face-to-face conversation, and 28% while ... More >>
