Payments Direction: 2025 Environmental Scan Report

The 2025 Environmental Scan explores the global and interconnected trends shaping the future of payments in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Read more   7 Oct 2025

Reserve Bank proposal to designate the High Value Clearing System

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand Te Pūtea Matua (RBNZ) is proposing to designate the High Value Clearing System (HVCS) under the Financial Market Infrastructures Act 2021.

Read more   4 Aug 2025

New consumer website launched to support transparency and awareness of account switching

We’ve launched a new website to help banking customers better understand the switching process in Aotearoa New Zealand – part of industry work to to improve transparency and promote informed choice.

Read more   7 Jul 2025

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  • Response to Consumer NZ on switching

    During June 2025 we shared information on our work to improve the switching process in Aotearoa New Zealand, in response to questions from an investigative writer at Consumer NZ.

    Read more   4 Jul 2025
  • Submission on access to basic transaction accounts

    In June 2025, we submitted a response to the Council of Financial Regulators’ (CoFR) Issues Paper on access to basic transaction accounts in Aotearoa.

    Read more   26 Jun 2025
  • Shaping open banking together – celebrating six years of industry-led progress

    Payments NZ’s API Centre is celebrating six years of industry-led progress on open banking with the release of a new report, Shaping Open Banking Together – highlighting delivery, collaboration and trusted partnerships across the open data ecosystem.

    Read more   19 Jun 2025