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30 Oct: New Zealand and the United Kingdom have much to gain from a free-trade agreement to be negotiated after Britain has left the European Union, British High Commissioner Jonathan Sinclair told the Otago Daily Times that a free-trade agreement would benefit both economies.says.
The next four or five years should be used by the two countries to strengthen their already close relationships, he said.
Mr Sinclair visited Dunedin on Friday as part of his farewell process. He leaves for London on December 9 after spending three and a-half years in New Zealand as High Commissioner.
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The Sunday Times Business Section Cover Story today headline "Banks brace for DISRUPTION". The accompanying article, wrtten by Rob Stock, takes a look at the advent of "open banking", technology. This is technology that could spell the end of the massive profits the banking giants have been raking in,he writes. Embraced in Europe, with a former ASB banker leading the way, here in New Zealand the banks appear to have responded with a deafening silence.
Open banking is the term used for interface systems like Revolut, which offer payments, money management and banking services, without being a bank. Well worth a read . . .
Continue to the full article and a video What might "open banking" feel like?What might "open banking" feel like? || October 29, 2017 |||
Palace of the Alhambra, Spain
By: Charles Nathaniel Worsley (1862-1923)
From the collection of Sir Heaton Rhodes
Oil on canvas - 118cm x 162cm
Valued $12,000 - $18,000
Offers invited over $9,000
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Mount Egmont with Lake
By: John Philemon Backhouse (1845-1908)
Oil on Sea Shell - 13cm x 14cm
Valued $2,000-$3,000
Offers invited over $1,500
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