Rabobank New Zealand Ltd has joined the New Zealand Bankers' Association bringing the total number of banks in the association to nine.

The Human Rights Commission has helped the New Zealand Bankers' Association develop a set of voluntary guidelines to help improve access to banking services by older and disabled people.

The New Zealand Bankers' Association with the help of the Human Rights Commission has developed a set of voluntary guidelines to help improve access to banking services by the older and disabled people.

The New Zealand Bankers' Association says credit and debit card holders should be reassured by the work done by banks and card schemes to protect them from fraud on their card accounts.