The New Zealand government has legislated that banks are not allowed to charge for open banking, an about-face from the draft legislation stating that banks could charge up to $5 a month for consumers to have access to their own data. While this is a win for New Zealanders, it's worth keeping in mind that pay-to-play open banking should never have been on the table in the first place.
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Meet Jason! He’s our CEO and a co-founder of PocketSmith. Jason created the original idea for our product, which has grown by leaps and bounds since its very first version in 2008.
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Hannah is a financial force. She is the founder and director of enableMe — Financial Personal Trainers, a Chartered Accountant, a Master of Taxation Studies, Author, TV Personality and Mum of two.
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Meet Regan! He’s one of our software engineers. He works on new features for PocketSmith, fixes up those pesky bugs, and makes sure the system runs like a well-oiled machine.
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Banqer is an online financial education platform for primary and intermediate schools. It gives kids a hands-on experience with personal finances through a classroom currency that they earn and spend over the course of the school year.
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I’m from the US and grew up in California and Utah. For work, I’m a Product Designer for Degreed.
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Allan is the founder and Managing Director of Booster, a default Kiwisaver provider based in Wellington that looks after $2 billion for more than 100,000 members.
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Think what you could do if you did not have a mortgage repayment every month?
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Dean Blair is a Financial Adviser and Director of FoxPlan, one of the largest privately-owned Financial Planning practices in New Zealand.
