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'Pushing s*** uphill': Westpac makes $1000 settlement payment to elderly scam victim

Westpac initially refused to reimburse the pensioner's losses before repaying him in full.

Two big banks cut longer term mortgage rates

Cuts come after softer than expected employment data.

Cost to business 'enormous', banks offer victims help

"Hard times will be ahead."

Westpac follows ASB and lifts home loan rates

Big bank will lift its short-term mortgage rates but lower its long-term ones.

Banks prepare for deepest job cuts since the financial crisis

Financial Times: Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley already laying off staff.

Opinion: Ban crypto and its parasitic thievery

OPINION: After last year’s meltdown, you would think we’d seen the back of crypto.

BNZ changes staff performance scheme - FMA wants to ensure customers are OK

The bank will need to show how the move is consistent with new regulations.

'You were manipulated': Woman 'very sorry' for part in $8.7m mortgage fraud

Two couples bought houses with money obtained through fraudulent mortgage applications.

'Apology won't put food on the table': Families in dire straits after bank blunder

Furious customers say they have been left penniless due to the bank's error.

Late Xmas transactions put Westpac customers in debt

Scores of Westpac customers are facing a financial shock after pre-Christmas MasterCard purchases were not correctly processed.

Against the odds, they managed to buy a first home. Can they hang on?

They laid their dreams of home ownership bare. Eighteen months on, how have they fared?

US inflation has not ‘turned the corner yet’, top IMF official warns

Financial Times: "Sticky components of inflation" show more work may be needed.

What’s stopping tiny houses from helping solve housing crisis?

Three major complications appear when people try to make their dream a reality.

How to cope with rising mortgage rates

The experts offer their tips for those heading towards a re-fix.

Six money questions for 2023

A look at the big financial issues coming up with the Craigs Investment director.

Dubious weight loss schemes could gobble up gullible punters' money

If you're resolving to lose weight, watch out for diet scammers, bank warns.