ASB bank has promoted its technology boss to head up the bank's retail arm bringing technology and retail under one person.

Tougher times in banking mean 5000 ANZ staff will miss out on an $800 share bonus this year.

All eyes are on Italy as its Brexit/Trump moment arrives in what could plunge the country into financial crisis.

ASB Bank has been named the winner of this year's Deloitte Top 200 Diversity Leadership Award.

People are being urged to set up electronic payments for the day after they get paid as banks adopt hourly clearance of payments.

From Goldman Sachs to 'Suicide Squad': Meet Steven Mnuchin, Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary.

New Zealand business confidence fell in November as pessimistic manufacturers offset upbeat farmers, construction firms and service companies.

The amount of money being borrowed to buy houses at five and six times a person's income has grown significantly in the last two years

Nearly 450 homeowners lost their properties in mortgagee sales during the past 12 months when banks foreclosed on unpaid loans.

An Auckland housing developer has complained how new banking lending restrictions are further restricting supply.

Karen Scott-Howman, CEO of New Zealand Banker's Association, speaks to the Herald about the current climate in the banking industry

New clamp-downs on residential property investors appear to be working.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has extended for two weeks its deadline for feedback on a proposed new Dashboard approach for banks' financial disclosure.

Sluggish growth, political uncertainty and low interest rates remain risks to the global banking sector.

Heartland Bank has told investors that it remains interested in buying asset finance company UDC from ANZ Bank, describing it as an

BNZ has made a grab for the savers market offering a 4 per cent term deposit rate.

Westpac has apologised for sending an email to a customer containing the greeting "Hello Asian".

BNZ's Harbour Quays building won't reopen for months following damage to CentrePort in the 7.8 earthquake.

Children as young as 12 are targeting contactless credit and debit cards in Rotorua.

ANZ has announced an assistance package for customers impacted by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake on Monday night.

Customers of BNZ and Kiwibank may face delays in getting through to the lenders, with both banks' primary call-centres based in Wellington.

COMMENT: If Trump carries out his trade and defence threats, NZ would face the risk of slower global economic growth, higher interest rates and fewer capital flows.

What made that lemon especially bitter was telling the very satisfied teller that I was doing it so that the children could view their KiwiSaver balances online.

Stress tests show it would take an extraordinary series of events for New Zealand's banks to fail, Rob O'Neill reports.

The technology powering the cyber currency Bitcoin is attracting attention from financial service providers.

New KiwiSaver provider Simplicity already has $50 million in assets and more than 2000 members, its managing director says.

The squeeze is being put on home loan borrowers as a second major bank lifts its fixed term mortgage rate.

Source: Westpac NZ

Westpac's full-year annual profit fell 7 per cent or A$567 million which the bank blamed on "a number of significant infrequent items".

Competition in the low interest rate credit card market is heating up with a major bank launching a no fee card and a new entrant