The results are the final ones under outgoing Kiwi chief executive Ian Narev.

ASB Bank's half year profit has risen 13 per cent for the six months to December 31

New Zealand's major banks paid nearly $3.5 billion to their Australian owners last year.

Investor confidence has stabilised but in faith in housing is down.

Job done, the first Kiwi woman to lead a 'big four' trading bank is moving on.

ANZ's failed sale to Chinese conglomerate HNA leaves several parties pursuit of operation

Banks appear more open to lending after restrictions have loosened this year.

Are we about to live in a scary world of automation?

ASB CEO Barbara Chapman talks about the company. / Jason Oxenham

Investment banker and philanthropist Bill Birnie made CNZM in New Year Honours.

Researchers have detected a surge in digital currency transactions among the alt-right.

Barbara Chapman has presided over six years of record earnings at ASB Bank.

Australian traders discussed lesbian threesomes and "deads*** scum" at rival banks.

Rohits Civil & Infrastructure (RCIL) sought the $600,000 bond

Economists expect growth to be tepid in Q3.

Super Fund chief executive Adrian Orr has been named new governor of the Reserve Bank

A scammer transferred $50k to foreign bank accounts using anti-virus software as a ploy.

Local businesses are seeing red with a new Westpac bank promotion offering overseas deals.

More Kiwis are living pay day to pay day and don't have money set aside for emergencies.

Deutsche Bank loaned the Trump organisation hundreds of millions for real estate deals.

Getting more women into leadership roles could boost the economy by $900m a year.

In the short run, the collateral damage could hurt Australians.

Sharon Zollner has taken on the job as chief economist at NZ's largest bank the ANZ.

Sydney University student was given an unlimited overdraft from Westpac.

Reserve Bank Governor Grant Spencer's statement at their 6-monthly Financial Stability Review press conference in Wellington.

The Reserve Bank has released its financial stability report.

Economists say the Reserve Bank could take its first step towards loosening lending rules.

HSBC chief executive Chris Russell says it will work with a fin-tech to expand this year.

How severe the hangover is will determine the Australian economy's fate for years to come.

The pace of digital change in Asia is faster than elsewhere in the world, HSBC says.