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Cautions and notices

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has issued notices about the following:

17 Sep 2012

Notice: ‘Sovereign Global Bank of Aotearoa’

31 Aug 2012

Notice: City Commercial Bank

10 July 2012

Notice: Century Finance Limited trading as Century Bancorp

10 July 2012

Notice: Elite Bank Group

17 April 2012

Notice: First International Bancorp Limited

29 Mar 2012

Notice: Rich Finance Limited trading as Rich Bank

13 Jan 2012

Notice: Bantec Financial Group Ltd.

23 Nov 2011

Notice: Swiss Financial Corp Limited

18 Nov 2011

Notice: Misleading “banking” certificates have no legal authority

14 Jul 2011

Notice: Inappropriate use of names that include the word ‘Bancorp’

6 Apr 2011

Notice: Windsor Savings Limited trading as Windsor Bancorp

29 Mar 2011

No licensed offshore finance industry

24 Dec 2010

Notice: Afix Group Limited

5 Oct 2009

Clarification on Building Societies

14 Oct 2009

Caution: “New Zealand Offshore finance companies”


Expired Notices:

8 Jun 2011

The Magnus Trust Limited trading as Magnus Bancorp & Trust

31 Dec 2010

Notice: Metropolitan Financial Holdings

14 Oct 2009

Notice: Miami International Bank and Bansur International Bank

31 Aug 2007

ABN Amro Bank NV is not associated with ABN Union Bank

31 Aug 2007

Reserve Bank issues enforcement notice to ABN Union Bank

19 Mar 2004

Reserve Bank orders withdrawal of "bank" name

13 Feb 2004

Reserve Bank orders withdrawal of bank name

5 Jun 2001

Reserve Bank orders self-proclaimed "bank" to desist

The Bank has also released the following Industry notices