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Chinese banks get room to grow
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Westpac tightens interest-only lending
Westpac's New Zealand unit is cutting interest-only lending terms to a maximum of five years, in a market where investors are the driving force.
Kiwi's rates rigging charges dropped by US
American prosecutors have dropped charges against a NZ resident accused of conspiring to manipulate benchmark interest rates.
Biggest risk to NZ house prices revealed
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Landlords decry loan crackdown threat
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ANZ fights farmers' swaps court claim
ANZ faces three separate High Court claims from farmers who bought controversial financial products from the country's largest bank.
Brexit-like populist pressure may spawn stagflation
Following the Brexit vote, odds are growing that governments will be jolted by mounting populist pressures worldwide.
Central bankers, kiss your domestic bias goodbye
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ASB considers outsourcing cash handling
The cash management roles would be outsourced to Armourguard.
ANZ wins battle of the mortgages
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Woman tries to pay debt with bogus bank cheque
A New Zealand woman has tried to pay off credit card debt with a cheque issued by a phoney UK bank.
Business is booming for these Wall Street bankers
The job market is grim on Wall Street - except in one little corner of the financial world.
Bank gives away more than $2m to its customers
Kiwis banking with the Co-operative bank could expect extra money in their back pockets today, as it gives away more than $2 million to its customers.
Reverse pick-pockets to give away $2m
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Algorithms could render banking jobs obsolete
Are the humans of finance an endangered species?
SBS Bank hires Shaun Drylie as new chief
SBS Bank, the Invercargill-based lender, has appointed Shaun Drylie as its new chief executive.
Goldman Sachs 'paid for prostitutes' to win Libya bid
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Kiwibank customers left waiting on money
Kiwibank customers are still waiting for their money after a technical glitch caused delays in processing payments.
Key 'potentially' backs new restrictions
Prime Minister John Key says he "potentially" supports income-related restrictions on mortgage lending.
Another bank shuts out foreign buyers
ASB is the fourth major bank to impose lending restrictions on foreign home buyers.
The ticking time bomb of interest-only loans
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More costly mortgages on the cards
The Reserve Bank is about to undertake a major review of the capital regime for New Zealand's retail banks.
Is this the turning point in housing crisis?
The decision of banks to stop lending to foreign house buyers appears to have taken everyone by surprise.
BNZ follows ANZ, Westpac on foreigners
BNZ has joined ANZ Bank and Westpac's local unit in restricting mortgage lending for foreign property buyers.
Banks shut out foreign buyers
Two of our biggest banks will no longer lend to overseas-based buyers of New Zealand property.
TSB Bank delivers big jump in profit
TSB Bank, the Taranaki community-owned bank, more than doubled annual profit.
Kiwibank gets OK to close remitter's accounts
Pressure is coming on Govt to fix rules that are effectively stopping banks from helping foreign workers to send money home.
Heartland Bank warns farm values could fall 40pc
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Juha Saarinen: Lessons from the big bank SWIFT heist
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RBNZ relaxes policy changes for banks' outsourcing services
The Reserve Bank has softened the policies it's looking at imposing for banks that outsource some of their services.