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The Y2000 and the banking

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

The following note outlines the implications of the Y2000 problem for the banking sector. It explains what the banking industry has done to address the problem and what the Reserve Bank is doing to ensure that the millennium date passes with a minimum of disruption.