In Thailand women comprise 31 per cent of board and executive committee members in financial services.

Credit Union South has confirmed the closure of its last West Coast branch, in Greymouth, from the end of the month.

New Zealand's central bank announced a review of bank capital requirements to examine how well the current framework operates and to consider potential improvements.

Your correspondent [last week] trying to increase their credit card limit and being declined by ANZ was the exact experience I have

Intueri Education Group's $70.7 million of debt with ANZ Bank New Zealand is almost 60 times greater than its market value,

S&P Global Ratings downgraded Kiwibank's long-term issuer credit rating to A from A+.

A watershed meeting of creditors next week for Pumpkin Patch is likely to see duelling liquidators as insolvency firms jostle for

A union lobbying for hundreds of Pumpkin Patch workers says it will vote to liquidate the company.

In his day job Marcel wears a suit and manages a team of nine people, but by night he has a very different story.

The country's biggest banks all have different positions on the circumstances under which they would give up your data to the authorities.

Westpac has failed in its argument to the Privacy Commission that customers sign away their rights to privacy when they agree to the bank's "terms and conditions".

Kiwibank says funding pressures and infrastructure spending are behind a 13 per cent drop in the bank's half year profit.

ASB Bank is offering up to $100 million of five-year fixed rate notes.

ANZ New Zealand boosted first-quarter earnings 18 per cent, benefiting from cost-cutting and smaller hedging losses.

While other banks have increased home loan rates in recent weeks HSBC has come out with a 3.99 per cent rate for an 18 month fixed term loan.

Bank profits fell for the first time in seven years last year on the back of growing competition and a squeeze on bank margins.

If you have a burning question about KiwiSaver but don't want to trawl the internet, a babybot might be able to help.

How much banks have to pay for off-shore funding will be the main determinant of whether rates continue to rise this year, says ASB bank boss Barbara Chapman.

Retail spending continues to rise with electronic card transaction sales up 5.6 per cent or $270 million on the same period last year.

Banks could face losing up to 20 per cent of their customer base if they continue to decrease their relationship-based interactions, a researcher has warned.

U.S. stocks extended all-time highs as investors reignited reflation trades following the promise of details from the Trump administration on cutting taxes.

New Zealand's big banks need to become simpler, smaller and better in tune with their customers to survive the big challenges facing

Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler will be remembered for the moves he made to try to curb the property boom.

IRD's online login site myIR was still experiencing some technical hitches this morning as the official deadline for tax payments - 5pm today - loomed.

National Australia Bank's first-quarter unaudited cash earnings have slipped about 1 per cent to A$1.6 billion.

While the number of cheques being written is falling, an average of 6.5 per person were written over the year to October.

COMMENT: The sale of UDC Finance continues a disturbing trend over the past 30 years.

COMMENT: TVNZ's new money programme will be 100 per cent funded by Kiwibank, and the funding model could be used again, John Drinnan writes.

There's no shortage of cranes on Auckland's skyline. What is in short supply is enough new homes for the growing city.

Kiwibank is blaming rising funding costs on its decision to lift mortgage rates twice since the start of the year.