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Young boost property market
Kiwisaver is giving New Zealand's provincial property market a boost.

Kiwibank profit halves to $21m
Kiwibank's annual profit has more than halved as provisions for bad debts surged more than four times.

Bernard Hickey: 10 things Key and Bollard can do with the dollar
John Key says there's nothing he can do about the high currency. He means there's nothing he wants to do about the high currency.

Inside Money: Account portability exciting, Dutch claim
Excited about bank account number portability?

Ambitious Kiwibank eyes Govt contract
Kiwibank has the "ambition" but not the "capability" currently to take on the role of Government bank.

Govt should bank on Kiwibank - Greens
National lacks the courage to tackle Australian banks which have saddled NZ with billions in debt, says Greens co-leader Russel Norman.

<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Kiwibank's foreign borrowing splurge
Kiwibank has revealed it borrowed $927m on short term 'hot' European money markets in five months and has quickly lent on much of it into the housing market.

Floating mortgages now over 50pc of all NZ home loans
More than half of New Zealand's $168.2b of mortgages are now on floating rates, says the Reserve Bank.

Media: Fair Go deal diminishes brand
A deal between a market researcher and Fair Go is bad for the consumer watchdog TV programme.

House prices rise to record average
New housing statistics have identified increasing numbers of Auckland suburbs that are out of reach for first-time buyers, with childless big-earners the most likely to be able to buy now.