The office of the banking Ombudsman received twice the number of formal complaints in 2008/9 than it did a year ago.

New Zealanders are still optimistic about the state of the housing market, according to an ASB survey.

Consumer confidence in Australia has fallen after the country's second consecutive interest rate rise.

The Opposition's banking inquiry found that major banks did bolster their profits at the expense of borrowers.

Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard has issued a warning to banks about the perils of approving high-risk mortgages.

Tax avoidance has been much in the news recently, because of the banks' cases.

You may have noticed the big Australian-owned banks trying to cuddle up to you lately.

Transpower is contemplating a domestic bond issue of around $200m early next year as it gears up for $5 billion of capital expenditure on national grid upgrades over the next decade.

Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard has issued a warning to foreign exchange markets today.

Westpac suffered a shocker of a year in New Zealand on mushrooming bad debt charges and a massive tax bill.

A high-flying NZ banking exec says she was hounded out of her $250,000 pounds ($578,000) a year job in London by sexist Japanese bosses.