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Kiwibank targets untapped business potential

Profits up, margins tighter as Kiwibank focuses on business startups and entrepreneurs in need of a financial injection.

Business lending expanded to $8.7b in the six months to December.

Key points
  • Revenue: up to $478m
  • Profit: up to $103m
  • Main takeaway: Kiwibank makes further inroads against Aussie competitors with higher profit and tighter net interest margin in the six months ended December. 

Kiwibank chief executive Steve Jurkovich is not content with its business banking performance and wants to see a meaningful shift as the economy recovers this year.

The New Zealand-owned bank said today that its net profit rose 12% to $103 million in the six months ended December, compared with the

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Jonathan Mitchell Thu, 26 Feb 2026
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Key points
  • Revenue: up to $478m
  • Profit: up to $103m
  • Main takeaway: Kiwibank makes further inroads against Aussie competitors with higher profit and tighter net interest margin in the six months ended December. 
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