“The Government’s announcement today that it will revoke Labour’s so-called ‘affordability’ regulations is an important first step to delivering on ACT’s coalition commitment to rewrite the Credit ...

“Our coalition Government is committed to rebuilding the economy and making life simpler by cutting red tape. We are revoking 11 pages of overly prescriptive affordability regulations, introduced by ...

A further step for improving access to high quality dispute services is the Government’s support for the proposed merger of the Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme (IFSO) and the Financial ...

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A financial advisor says the Government's newly announced regulation changes for home loans and lending will allow banks to use common sense.

Cabinet has agreed to remove pages of regulations introduced in December 2021 under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA). The change will give lenders, like banks and finance ...

Canstar is proud to announce the winner of its Bank of the Year, Home Loans Award. This year’s winner is BNZ! The Bank of the Year, Home Loans award takes both residential and investor home loans into ...

Email your story to newsdesk@nzherald.co.nz. New Zealanders living ... if I could have accessed a student loan." He didn't believe most Australians viewed Kiwis as whingers.

"These over-prescriptive consumer lending laws have led to Kiwis missing out on loans," said Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly when first signalling the changes in January.

Hemant Gupta, an Auckland-based business broker at Clyth Macleod Business Sales, is also reporting a surge in business activity, particularly among the Kiwi-Indian community.

An OECD report reveals single Kiwis earning the average wage paid a tax rate of 24.9 percent in 2023, up from 23.2 percent the year before. That's a hike of 4.5 percent - meanwhile, people earning ...

Financial mentoring services are worried the wind-back of lending regulations could expose vulnerable borrowers to loan-sharks and more debt. The government is reforming the Credit Contracts and ...