COMMENT: The Shareholders' Association is on the warpath.

AMP and Westpac confirmed they will pull out of tobacco this year.

While most enjoyed the festival, four videos of brawls at or around Polyfest have appeared online.

KiwiSaver is a fantastic long-term superannuation scheme but it has one major drawback: limited domestic investment opportunities.

More than 2000 passengers will use it during morning peak, mostly university students.

To mark International Women's Day, ASB chief executive Barbara Chapman tells the Herald about five women she draws inspiration from.

A 20-year wait in lifting the age for superannuation eligibility from 65 to 67 will give the country time to adjust to the change, say business commentators.

The fifth annual Auckland Pride Parade has roared into life on Ponsonby Road.

In his day job Marcel wears a suit and manages a team of nine people, but by night he has a very different story.

Although it's still seen as a bad time to buy - particularly in Auckland - it's better than it has been, according to today's ASB Housing Confidence Survey.

House hunters on a budget will now be able to narrow their search thanks to an online tool which helps establish if their dream suburb is within reach.

Bank profits fell for the first time in seven years last year on the back of growing competition and a squeeze on bank margins.

How much banks have to pay for off-shore funding will be the main determinant of whether rates continue to rise this year, says ASB bank boss Barbara Chapman.

New Zealand's big banks need to become simpler, smaller and better in tune with their customers to survive the big challenges facing

Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler is expected to move his lips when he delivers his Monetary Policy statement on Thursday, but not much else.

Carrying a wallet full of credit and debit cards may soon be a thing of the past as more consumers sign up to pay-by-phone technology.

ASB bank says this week will mark the "end of the world as we know it" as Donald Trump is officially inaugurated as President.

The economy is expected to grow 3.5 per cent over the coming year, with construction, tourism and household spending to lift inflation.

A new site allowing women to secretly access the Women's Refuge website without alerting offenders has been launched.

ASB bank has promoted its technology boss to head up the bank's retail arm bringing technology and retail under one person.

Some of New Zealand's biggest companies are lending their muscle to help start-up businesses get off the ground.

ASB Bank has been named the winner of this year's Deloitte Top 200 Diversity Leadership Award.

ASB chief architect James Bergin has been named this year's Deloitte Top 200 Young Executive of the Year.

The winners of the 2016 Deloitte Top 200 Awards were celebrated at a black tie event this evening with Z Energy winning big.

An Auckland housing developer has complained how new banking lending restrictions are further restricting supply.

WATCH: Meet the finalists of this year's Deloitte Top 200 Young Executive of the Year Award.

It was the throngs of people in Mission Bay, hunched over their phones, that got to Kevin McDonald.

Customers of BNZ and Kiwibank may face delays in getting through to the lenders, with both banks' primary call-centres based in Wellington.

Stress tests show it would take an extraordinary series of events for New Zealand's banks to fail, Rob O'Neill reports.

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