New Zealand

Unlike our Australian friends across the Tasman Sea, the New Zealand factoring and discounting market has shown only modest growth over the last three years. New Zealand banks as a group

The Export Credit Office has proven to be a flop, with the value of export deals guaranteed this year amounting to just a third of the total cost of running the office, says National's Economic Development

New Zealand SMEs are struggling to grow due to increasing cash flow pressure, a slowing economy and limited ability to fund their businesses reveals findings released today by Lock Finance

As the company fell into further debt, Mr Grant fabricated accounts to a factoring company and was later found guilty on criminal fraud charges

Edward McKee Wright is to spearhead the launch of a working capital funding service called Capital + Merchant Business Finance

The factoring industry in New Zealand is in consolidation mood once again with the news that ORIX Factors has been acquired by SH Lock, the independent finance house based in Auckland

New research shows that mall businesses are being wrongly stereotyped as having failure rates of 70 per cent or more when they are actually

Market Performance and Supply

Executive Summary Accompanying please find the Minutes of the 13 March 2003 IFD Meeting.

1. Applicable Laws

New Zealand has the following laws in place to help detect and combat terrorism: Terrorism Suppression Act 2002; Financial Transactions Reporting Act 1996; Proceeds of Crime Act 1991.

The laws: