COMMENT: When it comes to misuse of our own money, Kiwis get the gold medal for self-justification.

HSBC New Zealand is closing bank accounts with balances under $100,000 in a move one customer has blasted as discriminatory.

It has been smooth sailing for the New Zealand economy this year but there are worrying signs that the big banks are preparing for a storm.

The study found New Zealanders underestimate their ability and know more about financial matters than they realise.

BNZ has confirmed it may restructure parts of its business and the Herald understands hundreds of jobs could be affected.

Profits across New Zealand's banks dipped in the June quarter driven in part by record lending outpacing funding.

A bank has been told to pay a woman more than $13,000 after she lost not only her home in a mortgagee sale but items including family pictures.

As Australian banks face the political spotlight one bank boss offers a solution to customers who find switching too much bother.

Barbara Chapman's advice for women wanting to get to the top.

Fair Play on fees has settled with ANZ on the legal action related to certain fees charged by ANZ to personal customers.

Twenty Australian MPs will begin grilling Aussie's four big banks today, but one Labour MP says it's a sham that functions as a once-a-year chat.

The German bank will cut about 1000 jobs in its home market, insiders say.

In just five years, more than 150 branches of NZ's major banks have disappeared, and more are earmarked to go the same way.

As more people do online transactions, small towns must adapt to closures.

What is going on in the banking industry? The big questions answered.

The long-time CEO of Wells Fargo has been grilled by lawmakers over hundreds of thousands of sham bank accounts.

Deutsche Bank is battling rumours the German government is readying a rescue plan, but is another German bank also in trouble?

Barbara Chapman didn't get the job as chief executive of the ASB the first time she applied and she nearly didn't apply the second

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China wants more of a share of New Zealand infrastructure.

Te Aroha locals are losing their local Westpac and ANZ branches which could force them to drive 20 minutes just to bank a cheque.

COMMENT: The Bank of Japan would have been better off sticking to something closer to its traditional caution.

Te Aroha locals are losing their local Westpac and ANZ branches which could force them to drive 20 minutes just to bank a cheque.

Broken promises and pleas falling on deaf ears were the recurring themes among Milton residents who voiced their frustrations at a public meeting last night.

Bank closures are expected by early November with 19 branches to shut.

Westpac staff at 19 branches around the country are expected to be told late today whether their branch will close.

COMMENT: Westpac is leading the way with its investments in tech startups and the online mortgage broker uno.

Banker Oscar Garza had to persuade his customers to open 40 checking or savings accounts and 15 credit cards a month - or he'd be fired.

The mayors of two towns facing the prospect of two major banks closing up shop within weeks of each other say people are shocked at

ANZ bank, the country's largest bank, could be closing branches around New Zealand.

One of Skype's founders has launched a global money transfer business - and it's set up shop in NZ.