Helping you Be Good With Money
Director of Retail and Marketing Paul Carter shares how BNZ’s Community Finance programme helps people be good with money so they can do great things with it. Not just through the low-interest loans, but also through the conversations held.
It’s Money Week and the official theme is “What does debt do for you?”.
This got me thinking about what debt has done for me and my family. Continue reading…
In light of the latest Android Pay developments, here’s more on the future of mobile payments from Ross Jackson, BNZ’s Head of Cards & Payments.
Recently I read an article captioned “Plastic will be the death of cash” on LinkedIn. That’s partly true, as it’s not plastic that will displace the hassle and costs of securely handling cash, it’s the (16) digits that carry the transaction that are about to change the world of payments for New Zealanders and their favourite retailers. Continue reading…
BNZ’s Head of Small Business, Harry Ferreira, announces the launch of BNZ Business Essentials, a platform offering support services for SMEs at a discounted rate.
We’re continuously firing out tips to help people save money and of course we’re always thinking of how we can make things easier for our customers. Continue reading…
Donna Nicolof, BNZ’s Head of Wealth and Private Bank, reflects on ten years of KiwiSaver and looks forward into the next decade, identifying a number of changes that could be implemented to generate even greater benefits.
It’s been ten years since the launch of KiwiSaver, which was introduced on 2 July 2007 to get New Zealanders into saving and better preparing for their retirement.
There’s certainly a lot to celebrate with this birthday. Continue reading…
Meet Margaret, who joined the BNZ Business Banking Graduate programme in February 2017. In part two of our ‘Life as a BNZ Graduate’ series, Margaret reflects on what she’s learnt over the last few months and her favourite parts of the grad programme.
“My name is Margaret and I’m currently a Corporate and Commercial Banking Graduate at BNZ. I started this programme in early February 2017, having graduated a couple of years ago with a BA/BCom conjoint majoring in Finance, Economics and Japanese. Continue reading…
Meet Cecilia and Ben, who joined the BNZ Business Banking Graduate programme in February 2017. After four months as graduates at BNZ, they share their experiences so far, including insight into their roles and advice they would give to anyone considering applying for a graduate role with BNZ. Continue reading…
BNZ Sourcing and Branding Manager, Caroline Peak reflects on the launch of BNZ’s new careers website and life at BNZ.
We recently launched our new and improved BNZ careers website and are happy to announce, just over a week in and close to 10,000 visits later, it’s going strong! But it didn’t happen overnight. In fact, it’s something we’ve been planning for a while, so we knew we had to get right. Continue reading…
We’re extremely proud to announce that BNZ’s KiwiSaver Scheme not only scored the highest rating for overall customer satisfaction in Consumer NZ’s recent annual KiwiSaver survey, but BNZ is also the winner of the 2017 Consumer NZ People’s Choice Award for KiwiSaver providers. Continue reading…
A disappointing statistic was presented by KPMG last week: around two-thirds of tech projects undertaken by New Zealand businesses fail. Only 29% of all projects are delivered on budget, 21% deliver on benefits and 33% end up meeting the business objectives.
Like many, businesses are struggling to keep up with the fast pace of technological change and New Zealand companies lag behind the rest of the world when it comes to cyber security. Continue reading…
We’re helping young New Zealanders be good with money by supporting the student run charity SavY, that helps high school and university students develop good financial habits, regardless of their background and aspirations. Continue reading…
