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Sam Stubbs: Simplicity Founder on the potential changes to banks' capital requirements
Published 8 months, 1 week ago
Description
A reassurance that banking won't be much riskier even if capital rules are changed.
The Reserve Bank's put out two proposals to loosen capital requirements after the government called for it.
One of them is reducing minimum capital requirement for deposit takers from $30 million to $5 million.
Founder of KiwiSaver provider Simplicity, Sam Stubbs told Ryan Bridge there are other rules, so it won't make it much more hazardous.
He says the Reserve Bank will still keep a close eye on any group calling themselves a bank.
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