New Kiwibank head Paul Brock is urging potential first home buyers not to be spooked and to go out and buy, so long as they can afford to.

Thousands of Aucklanders flocked to the official opening of the refurbished Eden Park stadium today.

Only seven companies - including the three "Heartland Bank" merger partners - have signed up for the Crown's extended retail deposit guarantee scheme.

ASB Bank has confirmed that the face of its long running advertising campaign, New York banker Ira Goldstein, will be no more.

NZ Post has come out top of a new Corporate Reputation Index, while Telecom has come bottom of the list.

Economists believe GDP stats due out this week will show the NZ economy has expanded less that the Reserve Bank forecasted, confirming that interest rates are on hold for now.

ASB did a beautiful job this week of announcing fee increases for its KiwiSaver funds.

The Christchurch earthquake means the Reserve Bank is now unlikely to raise the Official Cash Rate (OCR) again until next year, ASB economists say.

APN News & Media, publisher of nzherald.co.nz, is today launching a nation-wide appeal for Christchurch earthquake victims.

Armed robbers are believed to have got away with thousands of dollars after holding up an Armourguard security van outside an ASB bank in west Auckland this afternoon.

New Zealand Football announced a multi-million dollar five-year partnership with ASB today.

ASB has announced it will be the first major NZ bank to offer asset rich but cash poor customers reverse equity mortgages.

Profits have dipped at ASB Bank, but loan impairment charges have halved.

Kiwibank has joined ANZ, Westpac and TSB today, moving to increase floating mortgage rates and cut longer term fixed rates.