Business services
Kiwibank's business services are designed to save you time and effort, so you can get on with the job. Kiwibank Business Banking customers can benefit from a range of professional business services, including business coaching and free legal advice.
We have special arrangements with experts in the following areas:
- Free online legal advice
- Legal - free legal advice through Legal Access Services (NZ) Ltd
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As a Kiwibank business banking customer, you can use a free confidential email service to contact a solicitor who can answer your legal questions.
Solicitors who offer advice belong to law firms that are approved members of the New Zealand Law Society and Legal Access Services (NZ) Ltd's legal panel. They aim to respond within three business days, but may take up to five business days if your question is complex.
Please note that further or ongoing advice from the solicitor, beyond the free contact and response provided within the scope of this service, may be subject to fees and a formal cost agreement between you and the solicitor.
- Free online will
- Legal - online wills through Legal Access Services (NZ) Ltd
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Many people die without having a will, leaving behind unnecessary hardship for their surviving spouse, family and friends.
As a Kiwibank business banking customer, you can create your own legal will online in just 10 minutes.
Use this simple online form to answer some quick questions to make sure the free Simple Will is right for you. You can then create your Simple Will.
- Xero online accounting system
- Accounting - an online accounting system designed for small to medium business owners and their advisers - Xero
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Xero is a highly acclaimed online accounting system for small and medium-sized business owners and their advisers. It's a real-time system that integrates with your Kiwibank account to save you time and effort.
Xero is a full accrual accounting system with benefits including:
- automated daily bank feeds and matching of Kiwibank statements
- fast, simple invoicing
- anytime, anywhere access
- real-time consultation with advisers
- safe and secure data - the same data encryption level as online banking
- simple, time-saving GST returns
- no installation, upgrades or maintenance
- affordable - pay as you go with no up-front costs
- unlimited ongoing support at no extra cost.
Visit the Xero website.
- The Business Centre
- Business - a business guide provided through Kiwibank's partnership with The Business Centre.
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The Business Centre is a Kiwi owned and operated coaching organisation. It provides skilled consultants who specialise in helping small businesses to develop and grow.
With The Business Centre, you work with a team of specialists across each of the four core business disciplines:
- management
- marketing
- sales
- accounting.
The services include business start-ups, mentoring and a unique boardroom service to assist with decision-making as your business develops.
Kiwibank and The Business Centre have produced a guide designed to test business ideas in advance, to determine whether or not they're viable. This guide is currently being updated at present but you can still
download the current version here (PDF 654 KB). - Warm Up New Zealand - business loan top-ups
- Kiwibank supports the Government's "Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart", insulation and clean heating programme.
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As part of this initiative, we are waiving our top-up fee for existing business customers eligible for a top-up loan to help fund their insulation retrofits.
For more information on the programme, the funding available and a directory of providers in your area, please visit the EECA ENERGYWISE™ website.
- Localist - a new way to connect with customers from New Zealand Post
- Localist is a new local information service designed to bring Auckland businesses and communities closer together, brought to you by New Zealand Post.
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Localist is taking the best that business directories have to offer, along with the power of social media to create something new.
But it’s more than an insider’s guide to your community. Localist will give users a way to connect with people and organisations close by, and share tips and opinions on what’s good locally.
Localist is in development. So right now Localist is asking businesses to join up in time for launch next year. The more businesses that sign up, the better Localist will be. Add your business to Localist today by visiting www.localist.co.nz/account/sign_up. Or if you'd like to be kept up to date on news and information from Localist, visit www.localist.co.nz and sign up to receive updates.