Standard & Poor's has singled out Bank of New Zealand as being in a worse capital position than the other three major banks and even compared with two smaller banks.
Tough decisions are still ahead for banks as initial government support ends and winners and losers emerge, says ASB Bank chief executive Vittoria Shortt.
The Reserve Bank’s move to appoint a ‘head of money and cash’ shows it is getting serious about planning for the future of money and the possibility of a digital kiwi dollar. The Reserve Bank has been fairly tepid on the idea of introducing a central bank digital currency (CBD...
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has provided A$1.5 billion against potential losses relating to the covid-19 crisis. That's just below Westpac's A$1.6 billion provisions and considerably higher than National Australia Bank's A$807 million and ANZ Bank's A$1.03 billion. CBA d...