Outrage you can bank on

Outrage you can bank on
NZ banks make money, but they also keep the system sound. (Image: Getty)
Paul McBeth
Bank of New Zealand will kick off the latest round of bank earnings, which is sure to get up the nose of anyone who thinks they’re getting squeezed by their bank. ANZ Bank NZ – the country’s biggest by some margin – follows that up on Friday and Westpac on Monday. Don’t be surprised if we get a bank chief executive on the 6pm news – bankers aren’t ever flavour of the month and we’ve already had the Reserve Bank of NZ's (RBNZ) governor, Adrian Orr, fanning the flames by calling out ba...

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