Home loan borrowers look set to face higher fixed-term mortgage rates despite a predicted cut to the official cash rate this week.

BNZ boss Anthony Healy says mortgage holders should not expect predicted cuts to the official cash rate to flow through to home loan

The amount of money invested in KiwiSaver grew $2.5 billion in the last quarter to hit $35.9 billion, figures from Morningstar show. Morningstar's

ASB will send out the first of 50,000 new digital piggy banks from today as part of its bid to encourage children of the 21st Century to save.

"$22 a week times 300 years - you will have a house for your ashes".

It will take years to restore trust in the finance industry says the boss of New Zealand's investment regulator.

COMMENT: KiwiSaver fund riskier than term deposit but there are pluses.

More than $300m in Government payouts went begging last year.

INTERACTIVE: Find out how much your KiwiSaver has invested in cluster bombs, landmines and tobacco.

Higher fixed-term rates are not likely to deliver the funding boost that lenders are looking for, experts say.

COMMENT: For anyone who finds themselves in pickle, here's a story of sheer determination.

COMMENT: Putting in a loan application is like submitting your CV for a job - you want your best foot forward.

COMMENT: You? Me? The government? Have your say.

The buy-one give-one business has raised $500,000 in its Lunch Bonds crowdlending campaign.

The buy-one-give-one initiative has given 180,000 lunches to kids in low decile schools and wants to expand.

Here are some tips to save some extra cash once your children move out of home.

Some money-savvy people have shared their secrets on how they manage to hold onto a couple of bucks.

Having a manageable student loan is the first step to future happiness, writes Diana Clement.

More than a million people failed to take advantage of KiwiSaver subsidies in the last financial year, leaving $300 million-plus on the table.

Art flippers are targeting masterpieces as a French painting gains 220% at auction.

KiwiSaver assets have seen "phenomenal growth" in the past three months, increasing by $1.8 billion.

Hoping for an overseas holiday this year? A new car or an emergency fund? Growing the balance in your savings account is harder than it sounds.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund says it remains comfortable with its investment in the US oil and gas industry.

Don't fall into the trap of paying off your credit card at the minimum rate. Banks usually require 3-5 per cent of the total each month...

As we all build our own financial houses and get them in order, they need to be resilient when things happen.

We type them in a dozen times a day. Who knew that passwords could help us hit savings goals?

Small successes lead to more success, and snowballing up can make it easier for us to build momentum and get going. Trying to do too much at once, on the other hand, can be demotivating.

It's saving, not spending, that will solidify the recovery and make the US less vulnerable to another downturn, says a report by the consulting firm Oxford Economics.

Adjusting peoples' retirement savings for inflation has dented the confidence of those putting a nest egg aside, an ANZ survey has found.