14 Mar 2025
Sex workers say banks are making life more difficult
"It's a legal industry. We should bank it". That was the view of ANZ Chief Antonia Watson on whether sex workers should be able to get bank loans easily. It came up as an issue during a select committee hearing this week as part of NZ First MP Andy Foster's "anti woke banking bill." But despite the view of ANZ, some sex workers have told RNZ they feel they've been treated unfairly by banks and other financial services. Money Correspondent Susan Edmunds spoke to Lisa Owen.