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Banks sticking by rural clients, says Fed Farmers

Rates cut: Six things you need to know

LIAM DANN: Number One - the Reserve Bank is still more worried about the housing bubble than deflation.

Banks cut mortgage rates

ANZ, Westpac, Kiwibank and BNZ have now cut mortgage rates after the Reserve Bank reduced the OCR to a record low of 2.5 per cent.

Housing bubble NZ's biggest banana skin

Banks fear risk of an Auckland housing bubble, followed by a large-scale market downturn.

What are the biggest fears of our banks?

As New Zealand banks become increasingly digital, technology-related concerns have jumped ahead of more traditional dangers such as the economic outlook.

ANZ in NSW push as Asia operations drag

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group's chairman has endorsed the Asia-focused strategy set eight years ago by outgoing chief executive Mike Smith, saying the lender should take advantage of what....

Bank tells your life story in one red line

This is your life. As a single line. Drawn on a chart by a bank. Be scared.

Bank lends $327m to green firms

In an effort to lower carbon emissions in New Zealand, Westpac has publicly revealed the amount of lending committed to fossil fuel and environmentally friendly companies.

Business Insider: Top banker not as key as you might think

ASB's Barbara Chapman alone in not having her pay details revealed.

Putting interest into their clients

Many lenders and advisers stop communicating with their clients as soon as the deal is done, says Ajay Kumar.

BNZ calls cops over deal linked to banker

Police were called in over a mortgage deal for a property that a BNZ banker was involved with.

ANZ boss' pay tops $4.8m

$12 million for four months work

Gail Kelly collected nearly $12.8 million for her final four months work as Australian chief executive of Westpac.

Bank warns on dairy farm debt

The Reserve Bank has once again sounded a warning about dairy farm debt but, for the time being, farmers seem to be coping with the financial stress brought about by lower milk prices.

'Negligible' chance of strategic rate rise

Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler says raising interest rates as a short-term monetary policy response to Auckland's overheated housing market is "pretty negligible".

Bank in trouble over new $10 note

The Reserve Bank's governor has apologised after wrongly attributing a panel design on the new $10 note.

Five big rural lenders to conduct 'stress test'

Reserve Bank has asked the country's five biggest rural lenders to conduct a "stress test" of their exposure to dairy farm debt, and had encouraged them to set aside provisions .

Reserve: Auckland property risk growing

New Zealand's banking system remains in good health, but heavily indebted dairy sector and heated property market are posing increasing risks to lenders.