A financial institution means any of the following:

  1. an ADI
  2. a bank
  3. a building society
  4. a credit union
  5. a person specified in the AML/CTF Rules.

The AML/CTF Rules made under paragraph (e) may specify different persons to be financial institutions for the purposes of different provisions of the Act.

See

AML/CTF Act 2006 section 5