Banking and financeLiquidators to make $23m bitcoin claimThe liquidators of a New Zealand bitcoin trading platform will soon be able to make a claim for $23 million worth of the digital currency that was being held with a now-bankrupt Japanese exchange.27 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeKeep cash rate on hold - shadow boardNZIER's monetary policy shadow board believes the Reserve Bank should leave the official cash rate on hold at 3.5 per cent tomorrow but that the next best option would be a cut.27 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeSuper-rich to cough up $77m extra taxNew Zealand's super-rich were found liable for an extra $77 million of tax in the last financial year.26 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeDeadline for Aussie bank class actionNational Australia Bank customers seeking to reclaim "unfairly charged" exception fees have to register today.26 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeOCR rise melts away into distant futureThe prospect of further rises in the Reserve Bank's official cash rate has disappeared over the horizon.26 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeLiquidators eye Ponzi investorsThe liquidators of fraudster Jacqui Bradley's failed business are mulling whether to try to claw back $2 million from eight investors who were paid out before her Ponzi scheme folded.26 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and finance5-year rate new front in bank mortgage warMore interest rates have been cut following a week of competition by the country's biggest banks to attract house hunters and mortgage holders.23 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeBrokerage backed itself to get licenceAn Auckland currency brokerage that was in breach of its reporting requirements and shut down last week after an unexpected surge in the Swiss franc never considered it would not get a new licence....22 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeBrokerage returns clients fundsGlobal Brokers NZ has so far returned more than half of its clients' funds, says the Financial Markets Authority.21 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeMortgage wars heat up as rates are cutThree more banks have cut interest rates in a fight to attract customers. But are some customers being unfairly stung by refinancing fees?21 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeBanks need to lift their game: reportBanks will need to "reinvent themselves" if they want to keep increasing shareholder returns, according to a new report.20 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseKiwiSaver: It pays to keep tabs on providers' feesKiwiSavers collectively had more than $21 billion in their accounts. Those are some pretty big numbers, so what do fees mean for individual KiwiSaver balances?19 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeWary watch on Europe's financial marketsFinancial markets will this week find whether the Swiss National Bank's fears were well-founded when the European Central Bank announces its plan to revive economic growth.19 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionPeter Lyons: Forget evil rich - flaw is in the systemA natural outcome of a market economy must be inequality of incomes. They are a necessary and desirable outcome, writes Peter Lyons.19 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeIron miners making money despite crashMega-miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are expected to announce more record iron ore production this week despite the commodity's price dive.19 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Deflation spectre global threatKeeping up with the progress of the global economy is becoming a fiendishly complex sport, writes Liam Dann.18 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeTraders pay price for Swiss franc moveGlobal fallout from the shock decision by Switzerland's move to remove the cap on the franc has widened with more traders and hedge funds closing or facing escalating losses.18 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeECB set to reveal big bond buyThe European Central Bank is set to unveil a programme of mass bond buying next week to save the eurozone from deflation.18 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeThe year you get sortedIt's probably your biggest bill but too few people realise how much money they could save if they put some thought into managing their mortgage.17 Jan 06:05 PM
Banking and financeAuckland firm shut by franc moveFallout from the Swiss central bank's surprise move to ditch the franc's cap against the euro spread to Queen St yesterday, with an Auckland-based currency brokerage announcing it was shutting down....16 Jan 11:00 PM
Banking and financeSwiss drop currency bombshellSwitzerland's central bank has dropped a bombshell on foreign exchange markets by withdrawing its currency peg against the euro, driving the Swiss franc sharply higher and pushing other currencies,....16 Jan 07:00 PM
Banking and financeSwiss firms hit by currency moveMore than 60 billion ($116 billion) was wiped off the value of Switzerland's leading companies after the central bank scrapped the cap on the Swiss franc against the euro.16 Jan 04:00 PM
Aged careMortgage wars: Banks prune ratesBanks have started cutting interest rates as the busy house-hunting season heats up. So how will it affect would-be home-buyers?14 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeCarmel Fisher: Prepare for the worst and hope for the best when reviewing portfolioIt's the time of the year when newspapers and magazines are peppered with financial predictions, tempting us to take action and change our portfolios because, well, it's the New Year.13 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionPeter Lyons: Why bubbles don't go down well at barbecuesThroughout modern history commercial banks have a nasty habit of periodically stuffing up the wider economy through bad lending, writes Peter Lyons.12 Jan 08:30 PM
BDBDBanking and financeRBNZ named 'Central Bank of the year'The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's efforts to stifle house price inflation by using new policy tools has seen the institution named Central Bank of the year.12 Jan 07:39 PM
Banking and financeBroker returns to face chargesA New Zealand-based money broker will return voluntarily to his former home of Britain this year to face fraud charges and allegations he tried to manipulate international banking rates.11 Jan 04:00 PM
Banking and financeKiwi climbs against euro, aussieThe New Zealand dollar pushed on to a 21-month high against the euro yesterday as the spectre of deflation swept through Europe's financial markets.08 Jan 04:00 PM
