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🎄✨ ‘Tis the season to spread some kindness, so teams of ASB elves have been back volunteering at the Kindness Collective Foundation’s Christmas Joy Store.   The Christmas Joy Store is NZ's first-ever social toy store where referred parents and caregivers can choose gifts and treats they know their children will love, shopping for free.   Find out more about the Kindness Collective and how you can help too: https://lnkd.in/gBRFzWWs

New Zealanders are feeling a boost of confidence in the housing market – just in time for summer 🏡   Our latest Housing Confidence Survey suggests momentum is starting to build, with Kiwi feeling increasingly positive about house price expectations, interest rates continuing to drop, and whether it’s a good time to get on the property ladder.   Read the full report in the comments below 🔗

💭 What’s the mood of our country’s business leaders?   Produced by the Institute of Directors in New Zealand in association with ASB, the annual Director Sentiment Survey takes the pulse of New Zealand’s director community.   Here’s some of the key survey findings:   📈 Confidence in the economy has nearly doubled among Kiwi directors over the past year.   💡 Technology and AI are key tools to support growth, particularly in relation to productivity.   🤝 58% of directors expect their organisation’s performance to improve over the next year.    More info in the comments below.

Make sure people paying you get a match ✔️✔️ Give them your full first and last name that account is registered to. Watch our video to learn how to find it. Find out more at asb.co.nz/COP

💛 “There are a lot of strengths that come with it.”   For International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we spoke with our Chief Technology Officer David Wills, MIL about life with a hidden disability and his advice to his younger self.   We’re officially a Sunflower-friendly organisation, thanks to the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower - Australia & New Zealand programme. For us this means: 🌻 97% of our frontline teams are now trained to recognise a Sunflower lanyard or pin, and provide the extra support for both customers and their colleagues. 🌻 We’re working with our Neurodiversity Network Group to continue raising awareness of more than 900 hidden disabilities, and to create safe spaces for our people to connect and celebrate their unique experiences.

✔️✔️ The way you make and receive payments is changing with the new Confirmation of Payee check. When setting up a payment to a new payee, you’ll need to include the account number and the full first and last name of the account owner, or the business account name, if it's a business. Once the check is complete, and before you make the payment, you’ll see if the account owner name and number are a match or not. Find out more at asb.co.nz/COP

Introducing Confirmation of Payee ✅ ✅ Together with the NZ banking industry, we’re launching Confirmation of Payee, a simple check that helps you make sure you’re paying the right person. Find out what this means if you’re making or receiving a payment here: asb.co.nz/cop

📈 We’re all about Kiwi manufacturers who want to invest in what’s next in their path to a smarter, more productive future. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA), an organisation that shares with us a commitment to empower businesses in their productivity journey.    We’ve kicked off our partnership with EMA by launching the ASB Manufacturers Workshop series, ‘The Impact of Industry 4.0 on Your Business.’ These workshops are designed for those ready to embrace the future of digitisation and automation, providing a deep dive into how to unlock productivity, streamline operations and drive growth using advanced technologies at the heart of Industry 4.0.   Ben Speedy, ASB’s General Manager of Commercial Banking, says, “We are excited to be working with EMA to deliver the Manufacturers Workshop Series to Kiwi businesses across the country. This partnership is another way we’re supporting business growth and productivity, alongside initiatives already available for food and fibre exporters and clean tech innovators.”   We recently had a great session with Auckland manufacturers, and we look forward to rolling out to more regions in the new year.

It’s a match ✔️✔️ Together with the NZ banking industry, we're launching Confirmation of Payee, a simple check that helps you take a sec to check whether the account owner name and number match before making a payment online.   This way, you'll have greater confidence that you're paying the right person.   Find out what this means for you if you’re making or receiving a payment 👉 https://lnkd.in/gDEKdmTE

One person’s yoga retreat is another person’s DIY project – we’ve all got our own ways to wellbeing. That’s why we’ve created Your Choice, one of our new ASB employee benefits that lets our people choose the thing that’ll make the biggest difference to them.   As part of Your Choice, our people can choose from the following benefits, which they can review and change each year: 💻 A work from home allowance. 🏡 A top-up to their KiwiSaver account, to help support their future money goals. 💳 A preloaded Your Benefits card in partnership with Kiwi startup Extraordinary, to spend in a way that enhances their wellbeing.   Your Choice is just one of the ways we help our people #StepForward.