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Without a clear payments services framework, New Zealand's payment environment lacks certainty. Uncertainty can slow innovation, weaken trust and make it harder for credible providers to enter or grow in New Zealand. New Zealand has an opportunity to create a clearer, more modern and proportionate framework for payment services. One that supports innovation, improves confidence, and reflects how payments are actually experienced by customers and businesses.

New Zealand’s payments system has served us well for a long time. For most people, most of the time, payments simply work. We tap, transfer, settle, refund, reconcile and move on. That everyday reliability matters. It is part of the trust infrastructure that sits quietly underneath commerce, financial services and public confidence. But the architecture behind payments is changing.