Foreign currency call account

Foreign currency call account rates, fee and rebate levels.

Tiers and indicative interest rates as at: unable to retrieve date

Interest rates
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USD - United States Dollars AUD - Australian Dollars CAD - Canadian Dollars
GBP - Great Britain Pounds EUR - European Community Euro SGD - Singapore Dollars
CHF - Swiss Francs HKD - Hong Kong Dollars  

  • These per annum interest rates are indicative only and are subject to change without notice
  • Tiers are subject to change at BNZ’s discretion without notice
  • No interest is payable on credit balances below the minimum tier
  • Interest is calculated daily and paid in the currency in which the account is held, on the last business day of each month
  • A ‘month’ for interest purposes refers to the period from the day after the last business day in a month up to and including the last business day of the next month.

Maintenance fee and rebates

The foreign currency call account maintenance fee is charged monthly* in the currency of the account. See the table below for the account maintenance fee per currency.

The monthly foreign currency call account maintenance fee is 100% rebated if your average daily balance for the month is above the currency rebate level. The rebate is determined by the average daily balance of your foreign currency call account over the course of that month. The fee rebate levels are listed in the table below:

Account fees and rebate levels
Country Currency Monthly Foreign Currency Call Account Maintenance Fee Rebate Level
United States USD 6.50 65,000
Australia AUD 13.00 125,000
Great Britain GBP 5.00 45,000
Euro EUR 7.50 74,000
Japan JPY 850 8,500,000
Canada CAD 10.50 102,000
Hong Kong HKD 50.00 500,000
Switzerland CHF 11.00 110,000
Singapore SGD 12.00 120,000
Sweden SEK 67.00 670,000
Denmark DKK 55.00 550,000
Norway NOK 57.00 570,000
South Africa ZAR 71.00 710,000

  • Account maintenance fees and rebate levels are subject to change from time to time.
  • Account maintenance fees are charged on the last business day of each month.
  • * A ‘month’ for fee and rebate purposes refers to the period from the last business day of the previous month until the penultimate business day of the current month.