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Doing it tough: What households are dropping to cut costs

KiwiSaver holidays and insurance downgrades are some of the big cuts Kiwis are making.

Former Napier mortgage broker sentenced for falsifying loan applications

Natalie Ann Carter applied for seven loans totaling nearly $3 million.

Watch: You thought demand for new Auckland office blocks was dead?

Thirty Daldy: the second 120 per cent carbon offset office building from Mansons TCLM.

Watch: NZ's most expensive office block topped off, sale deal struck

'The work-from-home thing is not working any more for businesses.'

Legal action launched against vehicle finance companies over loans

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

Fears deposit insurance could give big banks more market power

Small non-bank deposit takers urge Govt not to make scheme too big and costly.

Cooking the Books podcast: Four key drivers of cashflow success

Cashflow sounds simple, but it's the biggest killer of businesses.

Forged FMA document: Fake financial adviser pleads guilty

He falsely held himself out as a financial adviser in an email to clients.

Focus: Kiwibank’s approach to finance amid Covid-19 restrictions.

Focus: Kiwibank CEO Steve Jurkovich says the bank will have to take a more open-minded approach towards lending both during and after the Covid-19 restrictions.

Focus: Kiwi’s and international travellers insurance policies they’ve taken out reveal it can be harder than you think

Focus: Kiwi’s and international travellers insurance policies they’ve taken out reveal it can be harder than you think.

Focus Live Earlier: Interest rates kept historically low as RBNZ cites economic weakness

Focus Live Earlier: Interest rates kept historically low as RBNZ cites economic weakness.

KiwiSaver - Review of Retirement Income Policies 2019

KiwiSaver - Review of Retirement Income Policies 2019. Video / Commission for Financial Capability

Bryan Gould: 'Wellbeing' budget about dollars and sense

COMMENT: A "wellbeing" approach promises a change in the way we identify economic goals.

Last hurrah for life insurance advisers

Firms are cutting back on overseas jaunts for their team members after FMA call.

Boost for Strategic Finance settlement

Action taken against an insurer has given the Strategic Finance settlement sum a boost.

Youi fined $100k for dodgy sale tactics

Insurer Youi has been fined the maximum penalty by the Insurance Council over misleading sales practices.