Alan Bollard: After the National Bank acquisition - living with big Australian banks An excerpt of an address by Dr Alan Bollard, Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, to the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance, Auckland, 6 November 2003.
*  *  *  Having a banking industry consisting mainly of banks with Australian parentage has many advantages for us. Despite our country’s small size, our banking system benefits from the presence of strong, innovative, internationally-connected players that are from a highly-respected country and understand our preferred ways of banking.