BDBDBanking and financeWestpac earnings up on home loans, servicesWestpac NZ has reported a 13 per cent rise in annual cash earnings to $864m helped by a rise in lending and improving bad debts.02 Nov 10:39 PM
Banking and financeMarket waiting on rate swaps probeThe Commerce Commission has missed its own deadline on whether it will file court action against three banks involved in its interest rate swaps probe.02 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionDiana ClementDiana Clement: Mortgage options available to get up ladderGetting a mortgage is much harder than it was before the global financial crisis. No longer will banks lend willy-nilly.31 Oct 11:04 PM
BDBDBanking and financeBrand merger helps ANZ's profits soarANZ New Zealand boosted annual earnings 17 per cent as the local unit of Australia & New Zealand Banking Group benefited from home loan lending growth and bedded down savings from the integration of the National Bank brand.31 Oct 04:00 PM
Banking and financeGenerous banks lure in clientsBanks are offering cash, TVs and furniture vouchers to entice customers into taking out home loans - but experts warn consumers not to be taken in.31 Oct 04:00 PM
BDBDBanking and financeANZ profit surges $343m to $1.71bANZ New Zealand's profit climbed $343 million in the past 12 months to a record $1.71 billion.30 Oct 10:44 PM
Banking and financeCo-op Bank loses fight over its nameThe Co-operative Bank has lost a High Court bid to stop a financial services group using the word co-op in its name.30 Oct 09:30 PM
Banking and financeNZ dollar dives 2pc in morning tradingA resurgent US dollar and more bearish talk from the Reserve Bank combined to drive the kiwi dollar 2pc lower in active trading this morning.29 Oct 09:42 PM
Banking and financeBusiness shows more confidenceBusiness confidence has rebounded in ANZ's monthly survey, the first since the general election.29 Oct 04:00 PM
Banking and financeHolding rate gets support from boardIf the Reserve Bank leaves the official cash rate on hold at 3.5 per cent today it will be the right call, the NZIER's shadow monetary policy board believes.29 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: Wealth gap goes mainstreamIt is a sign that the times, they are a-changin' when leading central bankers, of all people, are publicly deploring prevailing levels of, and trends in, inequality.23 Oct 08:30 PM
Banking and financeLow CPI tipped to hold rate riseEconomists now expect the Reserve Bank to keep interest rates on hold until September next year after inflation in the September quarter proved even more benign than it had forecast.23 Oct 04:00 PM
Banking and financeBNZ boss backs efforts to clean up polluted waterwaysBNZ chief executive Anthony Healy has thrown his weight behind efforts to clean up New Zealand's polluted waterways.23 Oct 02:38 AM
BDBDBanking and financeLVR policy dampened inflation - WheelerThe Reserve Bank's introduction of limits to low-equity mortgage lending last year had "a dampening" impact on house price inflation, Graeme Wheeler said today.22 Oct 09:15 PM
Banking and financeFMA: Beware cold-callersThe Financial Markets Authority is sounding the alarm over cold-callers touting questionable foreign investment schemes to New Zealand consumers.22 Oct 04:00 PM
BDBDBanking and financeNZ dollar gains after Australian inflation faster than expected22 Oct 05:11 AM
Banking and financeWhy the poor pay sky-high interest ratesAn entire industry has grown around handing low-income earners a lifeline to the material rewards of middle-class life, but it comes at a hidden price.20 Oct 07:05 AM
