The trade deficit widened to $2.2 billion in the year ended February, the biggest it has been since August 2009.

Retailers are continuing to benefit from the boost to consumers' discretionary incomes from the fall in oil prices over the past year.

The Polynesian Panthers - incensed by the police's dawn raids on Pacific Island families in Ponsonby and Grey Lynn searching for overstayers.

ASB is looking to learn and grow from its financial support of the All Blacks.

ASB's re-branding of some branches to announce its sponsorship of the All Blacks had some customers scratching their heads.

The All Blacks have a brand new sponsor to support them in Rugby World Cup year, through the sevens at the 2016 Rio Olympics and all of 2017.

A probe into how three banks marketed interest rate swaps to farmers will see up to $24.2 million go back to rural customers and their communities, with Westpac following ANZ and ASB and settling with the Commerce Commission.

Out-of-court settlements may be cheaper, quicker and more certain than seeing a case through - but they can often feel like a cop-out.

Two of New Zealand's biggest lenders have slashed mortgage interest rates, giving impetus to price rise expectations in the hot housing market.

A member of the public has been hospitalised after being injured during an altercation at a bank robbery in Auckland today, police say.

Two fraud victims’ $3.8 million lawsuit against ASB can go ahead without the pair needing to pay $60,000 upfront after a judge found the bank had misled the court.

Banks will need to "reinvent themselves" if they want to keep increasing shareholder returns, according to a new report.

Auckland City coach Ramon Tribulietx was the architect of a significant footballing achievement last week - but will he stay in New Zealand?

Middle-aged home buyers face being locked out of the property market because banks are worried they are too old to pay off their mortgage before they retire.

ASB has joined Westpac in offering the new PayTag service, which involves stickers attached to smartphones to speed up payments.

The top financial institutions have held their positions on the Top 30 rankings for financial institutions.

ASB's Barbara Chapman is keeping an watchful eye on how the banking sector is being disrupted.

A business owner who was mistakenly given thousands of dollars by his bank later had his account put into the red without warning.

Summer holidays are coming but Eli and Wyndi Tagi won't be expecting to switch off their phones.

Banks are offering cash, TVs and furniture vouchers to entice customers into taking out home loans - but experts warn consumers not to be taken in.

One of the biggest names in world sport, Venus Williams, will return for the 2015 ASB Classic as part of the NZ Festival of Tennis.

Chris Wilkinson was just 19 when he started in business, establishing what would become a chain of five one-hour photo stores around Wellington.

An improving economy helped boost ASB's annual net profit by 14 per cent to a record $806 million, but the bank's chief executive, Barbara Chapman, says bad-debt expenses are likely to begin trending upwards from their present low levels.

An improving economy and favourable funding conditions helped ASB Bank boost its annual statutory net profit by 14pc to a record $806 million.