Main banks to offer relief to flood-affected customers

A Stuff article.

ASB, Westpac, and KiwiBank have offered support to customers affected by the Westport and Marlborough flooding.

ASB support would be on a case-by-case basis with emergency measures including a temporary suspension of home loan principal repayments and options to access overdraft at a reduced interest rate of 2.95 per cent.

Business and rural customers would be able to access working capital of up to $100,000.

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