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Finance Minister urged to take decisive action on banking sector

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 14 Nov 2025, 8:06am
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Finance Minister urged to take decisive action on banking sector

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 14 Nov 2025, 8:06am

The Finance Minister's being urged to take urgent and decisive action on our banking sector. 

Ministers have accepted most of the recommendations of a select committee inquiry into the industry, including directing the Reserve Bank to focus on more competition. 

But banking expert Andrew Body says Nicola Willis needs to go further. 

He told Mike Hosking the Minister should be seeking law changes and a harmonisation of Australian and New Zealand banking rules. 

Body says the Minister should be ringing Treasury Secretary Ian Rennie, asking for a proposal for legislative change by 8am Monday. 

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