Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Bill 190-1 (2007), Government Bill

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5 Meaning of financial service
  • In this Act, financial service means any of the following financial services that is not provided in the context of a financial adviser service:

    • (a) accepting deposits:

    • (b) keeping, investing, administering, or managing money or securities on behalf of other persons:

    • (c) lending money or securities and providing credit (for example, under a credit contract within the meaning of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003):

    • (d) providing financial leases, except under a contract that is not a consumer credit contract under section 15 of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003:

    • (e) operating a money or value transfer service:

    • (f) issuing and managing means of payment (for example, credit and debit cards, cheques, travellers’ cheques, money orders, bankers’ drafts, and electronic money):

    • (g) giving financial guarantees:

    • (h) participating in securities issues as any of the following:

      • (i) an issuer, a contributory mortgage broker, a trustee, a unit trustee, a superannuation trustee, a statutory supervisor, a promoter, or a manager within the meaning of those terms in section 2(1) of the Securities Act 1978:

      • (ii) a public issuer within the meaning of that term in section 2(1) of the Securities Markets Act 1988:

      • (iii) a provider of lending facilities:

    • (i) changing foreign currency:

    • (j) entering into derivative transactions, or trading in money market instruments, foreign exchange, interest rate and index instruments, transferable securities (including shares), and commodity futures on behalf of another person:

    • (k) providing forward foreign exchange contracts:

    • (l) managing individual or collective investment portfolios:

    • (m) underwriting and placing insurance:

    • (n) providing any other financial service that is prescribed for the purposes of New Zealand complying with the FATF Recommendations or other similar international obligations.