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
BDBDBanking and financeDollar rises against yen as global sentiment improvesThe New Zealand dollar gained against the Japanese yen as improved US economic data bolstered sentiment on global growth.19 Oct 07:59 PM
OpinionBernard HickeyBernard Hickey: Unseen risk of fiscal haircutDo you think the money you have in a bank term deposit is Govt guaranteed? If so, you're wrong, but you're not alone, writes Bernard Hickey.18 Oct 04:00 PM
Banking and financeLoyalty links up to new payment cardThe idea behind technology startup Eftplus was born out of frustration that's only experienced by an addict who's been denied their "fix".15 Oct 04:00 PM
