Banking and financeAustralia's housing sector showing recovery signsAustralia's housing sector is in the tentative stages of a recovery as investors and homeowners take advantage of low interest rates.15 Apr 05:30 PM
Banking and financePower outage affects Eftpos terminalsA power outage has shutdown some Eftpos terminals in Auckland this morning.14 Apr 10:40 PM
New ZealandBank gives out forged notesOne of New Zealand's biggest banks has scrambled to assess its security systems after handing out hundreds of dollars in counterfeit money.13 Apr 05:30 PM
OpinionBernard Hickey: Borrow now while stocks last and the price is rightBernard Hickey writes: In the past couple of years, borrowers and bankers haven't thought of money as being in short supply.30 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandSkimmers target ANZ ATM machinesANZ says customers have fallen victim to fraudsters using card-skimming devices on its ATM machines.28 Mar 09:06 PM
Banking and financeBankers knock new capital plansThe Bankers Association is critical of Reserve Bank proposals to increase the amount of capital banks have to hold against home loans with a high loan-to-value ratio (LVR).26 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseHelen Twose: Disclosure standard getting higherAll the publicity around the sale of Mighty River Power and the possibility KiwiSaver providers would buy a stake got me thinking about what my provider had invested my money in.25 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionBernard HickeyBernard Hickey: Still too big to failBernard Hickey says: "Haircuts" for Kiwi bank depositors would never be allowed to happen.23 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandConsumer Watch: Still too big to failLabour and the Greens are right. Our banks are too big to fail and we should be honest about that by creating a deposit insurance scheme for deposits of less than $250,000.23 Mar 04:30 PM
Banking and financeCypriot crisis puts spotlight on planned NZ bank policyThe Cypriot crisis has turned a spotlight on the open bank resolution (OBR) policy the Government and Reserve Bank have been working on, even though, as the bank has been quick to point out, the situations are very different.22 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: Banks v Shearer - a non currency affairI heard John Banks on the radio this morning offering financial advice to the recently-embarrassed Labour leader, David Shearer, writes David Chaplin.20 Mar 08:30 PM
