Bank shoots past the billion-dollar mark for the first time.

Reserve issues formal warning to state-owned bank.

They are the 15 players who decide the game and they are mostly secretive about what they do.

Qantas has launched a pre-paid currency card in New Zealand - the first country outside its Australian base.

Eyeing up that bach down the road or perusing the property listings with a view to borrowing more money on the cheap?

Economists expect the Reserve Bank to keep its powder dry when it reviews its official cash rate on Thursday.

Inflation is unlikely to be the trigger for an Australian Reserve Bank rate cut.

Serious Fraud Office investigating fraud involving developers, company directors, property valuers and lawyers.

It's an affordability issue, not necessarily a bubble.

Our new Banking Ombudsman brings a strong sense of empathy to her work sorting out ordinary people's complaints in the sector.

Banks earnings will be in focus as Federal Reserve officials respond.

A $3 million test case between a motelier and Westpac over interest rate swaps was called off before a judge had the chance to decide the dispute.

Retail spending on electronic cards rose for a fifth month in September, led by an increase in expenditure on durable goods.

NZ resident Darrell Read allegedly offered a colleague "copious amounts of curry" in return for helping fix Libor rates.

A handful of farmers are refusing to settle or take a payout from the big banks that sold them controversial 'interest rate swaps'.

A New Zealand resident known as "Big Nose" was one of six brokers that helped convicted trader Tom Hayes manipulate bank rates by acting as middlemen.

ANZ's choice of Elliott to replace the outspoken Smith shows the board wants to stick with its Asian Strategy.

Top business leader slates financial sector elite as "burden".

Want to know what central bankers will do in the next few years? There's a Bank of England website page you need to read.

New Zealand shares fell in a global sell-off yesterday, as investors were cautious about economic growth.

The only global body to sound major warnings ahead of 2008 is worried debt levels have again reached extreme levels.

Westpac's CEO is planning to invest an extra A$200m a year in digital initiatives to boost the bank's customer numbers, as well as drive down costs.

For many Kiwis, paying off a mortgage is a marathon effort - but on November 1, 10 lucky Auckland Marathon runners will have the chance to run down their rate

Years after the great housing bust, so-called liar loans - made without verifying people's finances - are creeping back into the US market.

State-owned bank now offering six-month rates of 5.19 per cent - and 4.59 per cent for a two-year term.