All four big banks are now applying new lending restrictions to home loans - six weeks ahead of the Reserve Bank's official September deadline.

COMMENT: If the Government needed another wake-up call it's got one.

More interest rate cuts are on the way, says the Reserve Bank - as prospects for world growth diminish.

A top banker's dire warning about Auckland's house prices shows there is a "complete crisis" in the property market, economist Shamubeel Eaqub says.

The chief executive of New Zealand's largest bank has warned that the property market may face a "messy end".

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Liam Dann says the Reserve Bank will be criticised as a blunt and unwieldy weapon - but there's a need for action.

COMMENT: Why are politicians of all colours so afraid? And whose interests are they protecting when they say such falls are "crazy"?

US equities climbed overnight, lifting the S&P 500 to a new record, after better-than-expected quarterly results from JPMorgan Chase

The Reserve Bank is trying to understand why inflation has undershot expectations over the past six years.

Lenders from Asian powerhouse can fill gap left as big local players end funding for foreign house buyers, says an expert.

American prosecutors have dropped charges against a NZ resident accused of conspiring to manipulate benchmark interest rates.

What could cause big changes to New Zealand and Australian's housing markets?

Tenants and first home buyers will suffer if tougher new invesor lending rules are introduced, says a landlords group. Andrew King

ANZ faces three separate High Court claims from farmers who bought controversial financial products from the country's largest bank.

Following the Brexit vote, odds are growing that governments will be jolted by mounting populist pressures worldwide.

If you're a central banker concerned with your own nation's economy, you can't afford to ignore the international context.

The cash management roles would be outsourced to Armourguard.

A deep analysis of mortgage registrations has revealed which areas of NZ are the most and least leveraged, and which bank is winning the cut-throat mortgage war.

Kiwis banking with the Co-operative bank could expect extra money in their back pockets today, as it gives away more than $2 million to its customers.

WATCH: Unsuspecting Kiwis to be slipped cash.

Are the humans of finance an endangered species?

SBS Bank, the Invercargill-based lender, has appointed Shaun Drylie as its new chief executive.

Goldman Sachs hoodwinked Libyan officials into investing more than £800m by plying them with prostitutes, lavish parties and luxury trips, a UK court has heard.

Kiwibank customers are still waiting for their money after a technical glitch caused delays in processing payments.

Prime Minister John Key says he "potentially" supports income-related restrictions on mortgage lending.

ASB is the fourth major bank to impose lending restrictions on foreign home buyers.

An interest-only mortgage allows the borrower to pay just the interest on their loan, but could there be some big hidden risks?

The Reserve Bank is about to undertake a major review of the capital regime for New Zealand's retail banks.

The decision of banks to stop lending to foreign house buyers appears to have taken everyone by surprise.