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Banks to 'cherry pick' loans
New loan restrictions mean the "poor middle-class" hoping to buy their first home will be left out in the cold as banks cherry pick their ideal customers.
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Death after 21-hour shifts
Serious concerns have been raised about the punishing hours endured by interns at London City investment banks after the death of a young Bank of America Merrill Lynch employee.
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Editorial: Lending curbs good for banks and borrowers
Editorial: The Reserve Bank is possibly the only entity in New Zealand that believes housing is not a rock-solid investment.
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External Reserve Bank members not favoured in study
Most western central banks do not entrust interest rate decisions to committees with external members - the model favoured by the Green and Labour Parties - a Reserve Bank study found.
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Housing big factor in retirement quality
Whether you own your own or rent can have a big impact on the kind of lifestyle you have in retirement, says Massey University.
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Brian Fallow: Curbs may help big-deposit holders
As curbs on lending to home buyers with low deposits draw closer, one question that arises is how banks will do the rationing, writes Brian Fallow.
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ANZ: Glitches not due to National merger
A series of glitches affecting ANZ customers and merchants this year does not stem from the bank's technology merger with the National Bank, ANZ says.
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Ex-AB targeted in scam
A World Cup-winning All Black has been named as one of 13 victims in an alleged credit card scam run by a 20-year-old.
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House prices down, sales up
House prices dipped last month, says the Real Estate Institute, but the number of properties changing hands was up more than 10 per cent from the month before.
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ANZ customers affected by outages
ANZ was tonight still trying to fix a glitch with its eftpos terminals which saw some cards stop working and some customers charged twice for the same transaction.