ASB Overdrafts

Note: ASB no longer offers Personal Arranged Overdrafts

Important changes to our accounts

ASB personal transaction accounts will generally no longer be able to go into an unarranged overdraft. Most transactions and direct debits that could take your account below zero will be declined.

Here are some helpful ways to manage your balance.

  • Set up an alert in the ASB Mobile Banking app or FastNet Classic internet banking to notify you when your balance is low, or an upcoming payment might fail.
  • Schedule direct debits and automatic payments to come out after wages, salary or other payments are credited to your account.

Some payments like ASB loan repayments, interest, fees, or transactions outside our control, for example when payments by a retailer are processed at a later date, or if our system is down, may still overdraw your account(s). If this happens, interest will apply at the current unarranged overdraft interest rate, and you won't be able to make debit transactions or withdraw or transfer cash from your account until your balance is back in the positive.

Interest Rates

Personal Arranged Overdraft Interest Rates

Unsecured

Interest is calculated daily and charged monthly.

Personal Temporary Overdraft Interest Rates

Unsecured

13.90% p.a.

Housing Variable

6.04% p.a.

The Unsecured interest rate applies to non-housing Personal Temporary Overdrafts.

The Housing Variable interest rate applies to Personal Temporary Overdrafts used for home lending. The Housing Variable interest rate applicable at the time the overdraft is opened is fixed until the overdraft's expiry. Any changes to the Housing Variable interest rate after the overdraft is opened will not be applied

Interest is calculated daily and charged monthly.

All amounts owing on your Personal Temporary Overdraft on the Expiry date will be treated as amounts overdrawn above your overdraft limit. You will be charged interest on the amount above your overdraft limit at our Unarranged Overdraft interest rate. See below for the Unarranged Overdraft interest rate.

Unarranged Overdraft Interest Rates

Unarranged Overdraft interest rate (Personal accounts)*

13.90% p.a.

Unarranged Business

22.50% p.a.

*Applies to the following Personal accounts: Streamline, Job Starter, Orbit Home Loan, Orbit Fastrack, HomePlus, Bursary Cheque, Everyday, Flexible Finance Facility, Personal Omni, Omni, Student Cheque, Transaction, Tertiary, Graduate & Unlimited.

Interest is calculated daily and charged monthly 

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Bank when it suits you

Whether you’re a night owl or an early bird, you can do your everyday banking at any time with FastNet Classic online banking. Sign in and you can pay your bills, set up automatic payments, order foreign exchange and more. You can even apply for a home loan after hours.

Bank on the go

We’re there wherever you need us with the ASB Mobile app. Check your balance while waiting for a bus, move money between your accounts while you’re shopping, or pay a friend for lunch using just their mobile number.

Set up alerts and get notified

Life is so busy these days it's easy to forget that your everyday account is starting to run short or that your automatic payment may fail because there aren't enough funds in your account. Set up alerts and we'll send you emails, and/or notifications through the ASB Mobile Banking app so you won't get caught out again.

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