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‘Kids excluded from essential activities’: Parents resort to credit for school costs

'2025 has been challenging for parents,' says budgeting expert.

Card payments: Unlikely contenders unite in call for surcharge ban

Deadline day in push to lower fees.

American Express to pay $410m to resolve deceptive marketing allegations

Financial Times: US says Amex misrepresented some tax benefits, card rewards and fees.

Credit card surcharges: Watchdog says fee cap will save shoppers millions

Visa and Mastercard push back.

‘Challenging picture’: 461,000 borrowers behind on their payments

Payment deficits are expected to track higher yet as Kiwis head into Christmas.

'A nation in debt': The dark reality of taking on Christmas debt

'Debt becomes more like a rent payment that people get so used to paying.'

Ryan Bridge: I got scammed, now I'm cashing in on my own misfortune

OPINION: Technology is like legs. Excellent when working but crippling when they're not.

More than 450,000 Kiwis behind on debt repayments as festive season looms

Acute challenges continue to bite, despite falling inflation and interest rates.

Government hints at capping bank card surcharges

Govt has confirmed it has been working on changes to card fees for the past three months.

Mastercard cash passports fail after cards sent to customers with wrong numbers

The manufacturing bungle has left NZ customers in the lurch.

Legal action launched against vehicle finance companies over loans

The ComCom alleges both companies didn't properly assess their customers' financial means.

Retail spending up in November but retail outlook remains ‘cautious’

Stats NZ data showed card spending was up across all categories last month.

Debt hangover? More Kiwis plan to put Christmas on the plastic

Expert shares advice on why you should resist borrowing more this holiday season.

Christmas Grinch warning: Thieves target packages, credit cards

Three cases in Hamilton in the past week where bank cards had been stolen from vehicles.

Sharesies users get new instant pay wallet refill option with two big banks

Bigger wallet top-ups cheaper with open banking than using credit card, Apple or Google.