New Zealand · Financial institution
Asb Bank Limited
ASB Bank Limited is a registered bank incorporated in New Zealand, with its registered office in Auckland. It is wholly owned by ASB Holdings Limited. Its ultimate parent bank is Commonwealth Bank of Australia. It provides banking, wealth and insurance products to personal, business, rural and corporate customers in New Zealand. It traces its origins to the Auckland Savings Bank, which opened in Auckland in 1847.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- ASBBNZ2AXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under ASBBNZ2A directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- 5 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1988-11-21
- Last updated
- 2018-03-27
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% ASB Holdings Limited
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as ASB
- Ownership
- ASB Holdings Limited holds 100% of the bank's voting securities, and the ultimate parent bank is Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
- Direct parent
- ASB Holdings Limited, New Zealand 100%
- Ultimate owner
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia
- Head office
- Level 2, ASB North Wharf, 12 Jellicoe Street, 1010 Auckland, New Zealand
- Company register
- 398445, New Zealand Companies Office (NZBN 9429039435743)
Business lines
The bank reports three segments (personal, business and corporate banking), and residential mortgages make up most of its lending. Subsidiaries provide funds management (ASB Group Investments) and sharebroking (ASB Securities).
Online
- Websites & references
- asb.co.nz ↗
careers.asbgroup.co.nz ↗ careers site
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 10 pages consulted
- rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3482Q_1-2026-8-12.pdf
- asb.co.nz/about-us/our-company.html
- asb.co.nz/
- asb.co.nz/legal/disclosure-statements.html
- asb.co.nz/documents/foreign-exchange/international-money-transfer-remitting-instructions.html
- rbnz.govt.nz/news-and-events/news/2026/06/asb-bank-ordered-to-pay-largest-aml-cft-penalty-to-date
- rbnz.govt.nz/regulation-and-supervision/anti-money-laundering-and-countering-terrorism-financing
- comcom.govt.nz/news-and-media/news-and-events/2026/90m-back-to-kiwi-households-and-other-wins-from-20-ye
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/FC018272
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASB_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Vittoria Shortt Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
- Chair
- Dame Therese Walsh Chair of the Board
- Chief financial officer
- Andrew MacVicar Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- Andrew Faskheev Chief Risk Officer
- Executive
- Dan O'Neill Chief Operating Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- New Zealand
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand Central bankPrudential supervisorResolution
- New Zealand
- Department of Internal Affairs AML supervisor
- New Zealand
- Financial Markets Authority Conduct
Recent events 4 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Enforcement
The Commerce Commission filed High Court proceedings over overdraft lending and overpayment breaches of the CCCFA. The bank admitted liability, and the penalty is still to be set.
comcom.govt.nz ↗ -
Enforcement
The High Court imposed a penalty of NZD 6.731 million in Reserve Bank proceedings over breaches of the AML/CFT Act, which the bank admitted.
rbnz.govt.nz ↗ -
Enforcement
The High Court imposed a penalty of NZD 2.1 million in FMA proceedings over misleading representations about insurance discounts and FastNet Business fees.
mpamag.com ↗ -
Other
The High Court approved the bank's NZD 135.6 million settlement of a CCCFA class action, which was agreed without admission of liability.
rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com ↗ -
Enforcement
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand filed civil proceedings alleging breaches of the AML/CFT Act from at least December 2019.
rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- ASBBNZ2AXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- ASBBBank
- NZCountry · New Zealand
- 2ALocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300IBZWZL1KTPF918
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- New Zealand · East Asia & Pacific
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Ultimate parent
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia · AustraliaMSFSBD3QN1GSN7Q6C537 ↗
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia group has 13 institutions in the directory, in 11 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Europe) N.V., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Commbank Europe LTD, Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
See the Commonwealth Bank of Australia group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- AUCKLAND CENTRAL FLOOR 2 12 JELLICOE STREET ASB NORTH WHARF AUCKLAND 1010 35 NEW ZEALAND
- Operational address
- ASB NORTH WHARF 12 JELLICOE STREET AUCKLAND 1010 AUCKLAND POB 35,SHORTLA NEW ZEALAND
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ASBBNZ2AXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300IBZWZL1KTPF918</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ASBBNZ2AXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300IBZWZL1KTPF918</LEI>
<Nm>ASB BANK LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>AUCKLAND</TwnNm>
<Ctry>NZ</Ctry>
<AdrLine>AUCKLAND CENTRAL FLOOR 2 12 JELLICOE STREET ASB NORTH WHARF AUCKLAND</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>1010 35</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Network
Branches and correspondent banking
All 5 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in Auckland, and no function or registration year splits them further. The bank publishes 9 accounts at other banks, across 3 regions. 4 other banks publish 5 accounts held with this bank.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
- Respondent banks: they hold accounts here
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
9 accounts at other banks, in 9 currencies, for incoming international money transfers, as the bank publishes them: asb.co.nz ↗ dated Jun 2019
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD | Commonwealth Bank of Australia Australia | CTBAAU2S | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | The Bank of New York Mellon United States | IRVTUS3N | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | Barclays Bank PLC United Kingdom | BARCGB22 | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | Société Générale France | SOGEFRPP | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | MUFG Bank Ltd Japan | BOTKJPJT | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| SGD | DBS Bank Singapore | DBSSSGSG | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | Royal Bank of Canada Canada | ROYCCAT2 | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| HKD | Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd Hong Kong SAR China | SCBLHKHH | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CHF | UBS AG Switzerland | UBSWCHZH80A | — | Matches the Swift directory |
ASB's International Money Transfer Remitting Instructions form, dated 07-Jun-2019 in its document library (PDF file name march-2019). It lists ASB's correspondent bank for each currency, for incoming payments to Foreign Currency Accounts. The official PDF could not be fetched. The rows were read from a search-result copy of the same ASB form (form code 6091 5101 0319) hosted on a third-party site (ww1.microchip.com). No account numbers appeared in that text. For USD the form also gives CHIPS UID 271760 and ABA 021000018. There are 9 rows, all extracted. The list dates from 2019 and may be stale. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
Respondent banks
From the correspondent lists other banks publish
4 other banks publish 5 accounts held with this bank.
| Currency | Respondent bank | Held at | Account | Purpose | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZD | Banque Cantonale de Geneve Switzerland | ASBBNZ2AXXX | 12-3121-0000529-00 | standard settlement instructions | bcge.ch ↗ dated Aug 2026 |
| NZD | Dbs Bank (Hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong SAR China | ASBBNZ2A | — | Inward remittances | dbs.com.hk ↗ |
| NZD | Piraeus Bank SA Greece | ASBBNZ2A | — | commercial transactions | piraeusgroup.gr ↗ dated 1 Apr 2026 |
| NZD | Piraeus Bank SA Greece | ASBBNZ2A | — | treasury transactions | piraeusgroup.gr ↗ dated 1 Apr 2026 |
| NZD | Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Limited Singapore | ASBBNZ2A | — | Inward telegraphic transfers (private banking) | sc.com ↗ dated 12 May 2026 |
Each row is an account the respondent bank lists as held with this bank, as published. Only banks that publish their correspondent accounts, and that Elucidate has researched, can appear, so the list is not complete. Confirm settlement instructions with either bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASBBNZ2ACLS | CLS PAYMENTS ONLY | Auckland | AUCKLAND AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND | — | 2018-03-27 |
| ASBBNZ2AFXD | FOREIGN EXCHANGE | Auckland | AUCKLAND AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND | — | 2018-03-27 |
| ASBBNZ2AITS | INTERNATIONAL TRADE SERVICES | Auckland | ASB NORTH WHARF 12 JELLICOE STREET AUCKLAND 1010 AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND | — | 2018-03-27 |
| ASBBNZ2AMMD | MONEY MARKET | Auckland | AUCKLAND AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND | — | 2018-03-27 |
| ASBBNZ2ASEC | SECURITIES | Auckland | AUCKLAND AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND | — | 2018-03-27 |
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Sources & method
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- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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