Situation allowed some ASB online banking customers to add any text after old passwords, which were not case-sensitive, and still log in.

China's decision to allow all married couples to have two children will be supportive for the New Zealand dairy industry, but only "at the margin", ANZ Bank said in a commentary.

Deutsche Bank is closing its local NZ operation as part of a massive global overhaul that will see it shed 35,000 staff.

Anger and frustration over glitch that brought down ANZ services.

Market-share gains helped ANZ New Zealand drive a 4 per cent lift in annual profit to a record $1.8 billion.

ANZ Bank is working to fix a technical glitch which has caused all of its major services to be disabled tonight.

A window of opportunity has opened up for first home buyers in Auckland as a result of a massive decline in interest from Chinese buyers, says one mortgage broker.

ANZ Bank New Zealand, the nation's biggest lender, has recorded a 0.3 percent gain in full-year cash profits.

Official cash rate to remain at 2.75 per cent but bank worried about effects of China slowdown.

Paul Bublitz is seeking a delay of his theft trial so he can get money to pay for a lawyer.

Brent Sheather an Authorised Financial Adviser and a personal finance and investments writer talks fees and anomalies.

Bank shoots past the billion-dollar mark for the first time.

Reserve issues formal warning to state-owned bank.

They are the 15 players who decide the game and they are mostly secretive about what they do.

Qantas has launched a pre-paid currency card in New Zealand - the first country outside its Australian base.

Eyeing up that bach down the road or perusing the property listings with a view to borrowing more money on the cheap?

Journalist Nicky Hager has spoken of the "privacy breach" which saw police getting his personal banking information from Westpac without any legal order.

Economists expect the Reserve Bank to keep its powder dry when it reviews its official cash rate on Thursday.

Serious Fraud Office investigating fraud involving developers, company directors, property valuers and lawyers.

It's an affordability issue, not necessarily a bubble.

Found it hard to make an online complaint about your bank's services? You may not be alone.

October 2015 may just be remembered as the month when the great Australian housing boom came to an end.

Public confidence in the professionalism and integrity of New Zealand's financial advisers remains low four years after a major shake-up of the industry, a survey has found.

PTT Group in the hands of court-appointed receivers.

Our new Banking Ombudsman brings a strong sense of empathy to her work sorting out ordinary people's complaints in the sector.

Mark Brewer has resurfaced in London with a new name but similar modus operandi.

A gold and currency trading firm allegedly part of a "ponzi scheme" told customers profits were "large and instantaneous" in its sales pitch, receivers say.

Banks earnings will be in focus as Federal Reserve officials respond.