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Reserve Bank of New Zealand News Releases

• DTA consultations on crisis preparedness and final tranche of draft standards
  The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) - Te Pūtea Matua has opened consultations on six draft standards and a package of crisis preparedness policies for deposit takers. The consultations are the latest step in RBNZ’s implementation of the most significant regulatory reform for the sector in decades, the Deposit Takers Act 2023 (DTA).
• ASB Bank ordered to pay $6.731 million in largest AML/CFT penalty to date
  The Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua welcomes the High Court’s decision to impose a civil pecuniary penalty of $6.731 million on ASB Bank Limited.
• RBNZ announces decision on use of the word 'bank'
  All New Zealand deposit takers licensed under the DTA will be able to call themselves banks.
• Cash consultation alternate formats and additional information published
  Alternate formats of the Keeping Cash Local consultation document and survey – in NZSL, Braille, Easy Read, Audio and Large Print – are now available for disabled people and their communities to have their say.
• RBNZ Governor connects with Hawke's Bay on Monetary Policy
  On Friday 29 May, Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor, Dr Anna Breman, spoke to rural and primary sector leaders in the Hawke’s Bay discussing insights from the May 2026 Monetary Policy Statement.
• Prudential Levy Consultation
  As part of the Government’s Budget 2026 the Minister of Finance announced the Government’s intention to introduce a prudential levy under the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 2021 (RBNZ Act).