KPMG: Small banks growing loan books at quicker rate
In its latest Financial Institutions Performance Survey (FIPS), KPMG says the country’s non-major banks, such as The Co-operative Bank and TSB, grew their loan books from between roughly 2%-3.2%.
Among the non-major lenders, TSB saw the highest increase in lending. TSB’s loan book grew by 3.21% in the three months to December. At the lower end of the scale, SBS grew its loan book by 2.07%.
KPMG says New Zealand’s major banks “displayed low loan book growth rates” over the quarter. Kiwibank’s loan book grew by 0.96%, while at the lower end of the scale, ANZ’s book grew by just 0.36%.
ANZ retained the biggest slice of the New Zealand loan market with 31.32%, a slight drop of 17bps from the prior quarter. ASB remained in second with 20.86%, and BNZ third at 20%.
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