Author name: Peter Benson

HSBC New Zealand

HSBC NZ initialized its banking services in New Zealand in 1987 and opened headquarter in Wellington, NZ. Later, this was moved to Auckland in 1989. As a foreign bank, HSBC is the foremost banking entity which was granted the license by NZ government following its financial market regulation. With two major state-of-the-art offices located in …

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Heartland Savings Bank

Heartland Bank is relatively unknown in New Zealand, primarily due to its lack of branches and decision not to offer residential mortgage lending. However, there’s a lot to like about certain Heartland Bank products. Its everyday banking and business lending options are innovative and most likely to drive the growth in its customer base. Media …

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HBS Bank

HBS Bank (also known as Hastings Building Society) operates as a division of the SBS Bank with branches serving the Hawke’s Bay region. Originally founded way back when in 1885, the bank had its initial headquarters located in Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. And it kept it there for the next 100 years. Formerly known as The …

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Cooperative Bank

Incepted in 1928 as PSIS (Public Service Investment Society), The Cooperative Bank NZ is the one and only national level banking service provider managed by its members. The bank got registration in 2011 and serves more than 135,000 customers supported by 34 branches and 560 employees. The bank has an affiliation with Westpac in order to offer …

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Citibank

Citibank Auckland commenced its financial services in New Zealand with local merger named Citicorp New Zealand and Citicorp FOREX in 1982. Upon receiving full bank’s license from the authority Citibank, NA, New Zealand Branch was opened in 1986. In 1990, it became a member New Zealand’s Clearing System. These days, Citibank NZ providers a comprehensive …

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Bank of New Zealand (BNZ)

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), established in 1861, is one of largest financial services providers in the country. In November 1992, National Australia Bank (NAB) acquired the Bank of New Zealand for NZ$1.48 billion. In February 1993, BNZ became a wholly owned subsidiary of NAB. With over 5,000 employees, BNZ provides a wide range of …

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BankDirect New Zealand

Founded in 1997, BankDirect is a key division of Australian own ASB banking group. ASB Bank is one of the major banking service and solution providers in New Zealand. The specialty service of BankDirect focused on Internet and Phone banking has been extremely demanding to New Zealanders. It also offers very low interest rates for home loans …

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Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubish UFJi (New Zealand) Limited is a subsidiary of Japan’s largest bank, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ following a merger in 2006. The merger was between the Bank of Tokyo-Mistubishi Ltd and UFJ Bank Ltd. Following the merger, the bank servers as the core investment banking, corporate and retail division of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial …

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Bank of India

Bank of India, one of the 13 major Indian banking groups presented its wholly owned ancillary Bank of India NZ in 2011. As an Indian banking counterpart, it is the 2nd banking group that got registration in New Zealand to initiate its financial services. With three branch offices located in Auckland, Papatoetoe and Hamilton, Bank …

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