Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 3:16 pm
ASB customers using the bank’s Save the Change tool
are collectively saving nearly $4 million a month by simply
rounding up their ASB EFTPOS or Visa Debit card purchases to
the nearest $1, $2, $5 or $10.
ASB is celebrating 10
years of Save the Change which sees customers select a
rounding amount and an ASB account into which their spare
change for the day is automatically deposited
overnight.
October was the biggest savings month of
2020 with $3.8 million dollars in spare change transferred
into customers’ savings accounts.
ASB’s Chief
Executive Officer Vittoria Shortt says, “Kiwis reflecting
on their New Year resolutions and asking themselves if they