Finsec Archive

  • Sue Bradford

    Banks should be expected to do their bit on jobs - by Sue Bradford



    Yesterday I hosted the launch at Parliament of a petition signed by 10,500 New Zealanders calling on the Government to protect jobs in the NZ banking sector. The Green Party, the bank workers’ union Finsec – and the signatories to the petition -  believe that in return for the massive support the NZ taxpayer is [...] read more
    May 6, 2009 7:50 am - 45 Comments
  • frog

    How about a guarantee for customers as well as banks? - by frog



    The Government is selling its move to guarantees bank deposits a a bold response to the current financial crisis.  In reality it had little choice because all other countries, and in particular Australia, were already doing the same thing.  It’s a necessary response to other countries actions following the financial crisis. Because all New Zealand [...] read more
    October 14, 2008 10:42 am - No Comments
  • frog

    Fairness in lending - by frog



    Sue Bradford hosted the launch of Finsec‘s Fairness in Lending Report this morning at Parliament. The report promotes a reforming and regulating the financial sector by establishing a lending code and code of social responsibility for all financial institutions, not just banks. These codes will be a new watchdog agency with a broad systematic overview [...] read more
    August 7, 2008 1:12 pm - 9 Comments
  • frog

    Is ANZ playing politics? - by frog



    The Press carries a story about a not yet released report from ANZ National Bank that is highly critical of government spending in the public service.  The Bank’s Chief Economist Cameron Bagrie says ANZ had done the research as a follow-on from work on productivity and regulation last year: “because a lot of government spending [...] read more
    May 22, 2008 11:58 am - 21 Comments