2009年12月16日星期三

RaboPlus - RaboPlus announces arch advocacy of BikeNZ

RaboPlus and BikeNZ appear today that RaboPlus is now cycling’s arch advocacy accomplice in New Zealand.

As the online accumulation and investment account of Rabobank, RaboPlus says partnering with BikeNZ is an befalling to authenticate its on-going charge to New Zealand, as able-bodied as abutment and advance a action that emphasizes sustainability, fun and freedom.

“These characteristics are absolutely adapted for a cyberbanking account – and decidedly one that focuses on accumulation and investment,” says the General Manager of RaboPlus, Mike Heath.

“We aswell allotment accepted values; Rabobank prides itself on accepting bounded and complex in the communities in which it operates, and cycling is accessible to just about anybody and caters for all levels, from the aristocratic to every-day cycling.

“At the top end there is the focus on the 2012 London Olympics, and we ambition to be allotment of the adventure in allowance them get there. But equally, it’s for the kids benumbed to school, the bunch-riders who aeon for exercise and amusing engagement, and those who crop allotment in organised contest like this weekend’s Wattyl Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge. So we’re aflame about the abutment we can accord to the broader cycling community, at a time if the action has never been added popular.”

More than 1.2 actor New Zealanders ride bikes to plan or school, or for fitness, fun or competition, and added than 75,000, from kids to veterans, alternate in bike contest endure year.

Greg Hamilton, Marketing Manager of BikeNZ says that New Zealand is “a nation with a affection for pedals” and the affiliation with RaboPlus will advice them ability their ambition of accepting added humans on bikes.

“Having a bartering accomplice on axle is acutely analytical for our sustainability, and our adeptness to advance added in cycling,” he says.

“Our eyes is to see New Zealand all-embracing cycling to the point area it artlessly becomes the cultural norm. It will accomplish our association a lot healthier, a lot happier and a bigger abode to be.

The advocacy will aswell accredit BikeNZ to acquaint new initiatives for the advancement of the growing cycling community.

“This anniversary BikeNZ is ablution an agitative new action that will accomplish cycling safer and added agreeable for all. We ambition to ensure cyclists of every age and adeptness are accustomed the befalling to participate, develop, attempt and perform, appropriate up to the accomplished all-embracing level.”

Boasting four Olympic and 72 Commonwealth medals, six apple titles and a apple almanac that still stands, able New Zealand cyclists are at the top of their game.

Mike Heath says RaboPlus brand the way New Zealand’s cyclists are able to bite aloft their weight in the apple antic amphitheatre “- a bit like RaboPlus, which has gone from backbone to backbone back its barrage in 2006”.

He aswell cites the able clue almanac of ancestor aggregation Rabobank, which has been allotment cycling in the Netherlands and at a able akin – including the Tour de France – for abounding years.

Competitive Kiwi cyclist Julian Dean rode in the Tour de France this year, and three times previously, and says the new affiliation is a abundant development for the sport.

“Cycling is absolutely demography off in New Zealand and it’s acceptable that BikeNZ has anchored this affectionate of support. Anything that raises the contour of cycling in New Zealand is acceptable – it helps advance the chat that it’s not just a able sport, but something that can be accessed and enjoyed by every one of all ages.”

Mike Heath agrees, saying: “Cycling is not just for aristocratic performers or a accurate geographic region, and it’s not rural against city – it’s civic and it appeals to abounding New Zealanders. This advocacy gives RaboPlus the befalling to be added complex with bounded communities.”

BikeNZ’s Greg Hamilton couldn’t be happier.

“Having a accomplice is one thing, but accepting the appropriate accomplice is critical. I anticipate RaboPlus is a absolute accomplice for the cycling association – it has the zest, activity and drive that’s appropriate to abetment us in ensuring cycling alcove its potential,” he says.

Ends

RaboPlus
Level 12, 80 The Terrace
Wellington, New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 819 2870
Web: www.raboplus.co.nz

RaboPlus is an online cyberbanking account advised to accompaniment customers’ absolute cyberbanking arrangements. RaboPlus offers New Zealanders a top interest, no fees, on-call accumulation anniversary as able-bodied as appellation deposits and acceptance to managed funds.

RaboPlus is a analysis of Rabobank New Zealand Limited, allotment of the all-embracing Rabobank Group, the world’s arch specialist in aliment and agribusiness banking. Rabobank has added than 110 years’ acquaintance accouterment customised cyberbanking and accounts solutions to businesses complex in all aspects of aliment and agribusiness.

Rabobank has the accomplished accessible acclaim ratings from both Standard & Poor's (AAA) and Moody's Investor Service (Aaa), and has captivated these Triple A ratings for over 25 years. Rabobank operates in 43 countries, application the needs of added than nine actor audience common through a arrangement of added than 1600 offices and branches. Rabobank is a allotment of the 20 better banks in the apple based on bank one capital. In New Zealand Rabobank employs about 211 agents above 29 branches to account its clients. Sixteen staff, including a Wellington-based alarm centre, abutment RaboPlus customers.

RaboPlus is the champ of Best Online Savings Account, Best 90 Day Term Deposit and Best New Product (Cash Advantage Fund) at the 2008 Sunday Star Times, Cannex Banking Awards. RaboPlus aswell won the Emerging Business Award at the 2007 NZ Marketing Magazine Marketing Awards, and won the Gold in New Product or Service Introduction and the Best in Show accolade at the 2007 Effies (Advertising Effectiveness Awards).

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