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Savings provider in email stoush
A KiwiSaver provider has come under fire after one of its commissioned salespeople sent out an email dissing the track record of alternate providers ANZ and ASB.

Bank fees reduced or even dropped as competition bites
Some banks have reduced fees, while others have wiped some completely.

<i>Brian Fallow :</i> Things have stopped getting worse
The economy managed - just - to expand in the June quarter, most likely marking the end of the recession.

Dollar stays high as traders bet Bollard will hike sooner
Allan Bollard reiterates the OCR will remain "at or below the current level through until the latter part of 2010."

Bollard: No rates hike till late 2010
The strong kiwi dollar is a threat to a sustained recovery, says Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard, while keeping rates steady.

Bollard leaves interest rate steady at 2.5pc
The Reserve Bank has done what most market watchers were expecting this morning and left the official interest rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent.

Bank: Staffer took cash for $3.5m home
A former ASB investment adviser was involved in a $3.5 million luxury property buy-up before he was fired.

Home loan rate cut to lowest in 40 years
ASB's floating home mortgage rate is the cheapest on the market and is thought to be the lowest available to home buyers for decades.