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An overview of our work to develop new policies, regulations, legislation and guidance for the regulation and supervision of New Zealand banks.
We completed a review of key capital settings for deposit takers in 2025.
We have answered some common questions about the key capital settings review for deposit takers, alongside our announcement of the December 2025 decisions.
The 2017 to 2019 Capital Review was a multi-year process to review the capital adequacy rules for locally incorporated, registered banks in New Zealand.
An outline of our work to restructure and redesign the Banking Supervision Handbook.
See a summary of our work on regulatory changes to facilitate compliance for foreign margin requirements for over-the-counter derivatives.
Read a summary of the regulatory stocktake consultation and our work to implement its findings in 2016.
All banks are required to report breaches of regulatory requirements privately to us.
The Dashboard is an interactive tool with key risk metrics that can help you judge the financial condition or strength of locally incorporated banks in New Zealand.
An overview of Basel 2 and Basel 3 and how we implemented these rules as part of the capital adequacy framework in New Zealand.
We have published the final decisions from the review. These decisions will be reflected in the Branch Standard under the Deposit Takers Act which we expect to come into effect in 2028.
In 2022 we began a comprehensive review of our liquidity policy (BS13), known as the Liquidity Policy Review (LPR).
We are seeking feedback on the Exposure Drafts of Banking Prudential Requirements to incorporate a new capital instrument that can be issued by mutual banks.
We are reviewing our Connected Exposures policy for locally incorporated banks.