Juha Saarinen looks at some potentially insecure ways of paying online that are being used by some big operators.

It's all too easy to pull out the plastic and pay by credit card these days. But are there some things you should never pay for on credit?

Banking sector notched up another record year of returns in 2015. But this year, turbulence looms.

For many people having their KiwiSaver account with the same business that has their mortgage, savings and credit cards seems like an easy solution.

House prices rising and no recovery in dairy prices both pose threats to New Zealand banks, Standard & Poor says.

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group's Kiwi unit reported a 6 per cent fall in first-quarter profit as tight lending competition ate into margins, even as it grabbed a bigger slice of the....

Should the banking sector become unhinged, the flow of funds to companies and households would slow, and international trade financing would be more expensive and less accessible, writes Mohamed El-Erian.

Bank to compensate more than 100,000 customers who were overcharged when withdrawing cash from ATMs in Australia.

Is Westpac's new ad featuring Richie McCaw less about caring for people and more about public image?

ASB says it's solid but still on alert as Australian banks take a hammering.

We could see those increasing credit spreads eventually find their way to our shores in the form of higher rates, writes Mark Lister.

Mortgage rates for Kiwis could go up amid global concern about credit risk.

It is now easier than ever to imagine a New Zealand without notes and coins - and not just for the convenience factor.

The operators of opaque stock trading venues known as "dark pools" are coming under renewed scrutiny from government regulators.

Kiwibank's been accused of unfairly shutting down business bank accounts, prompted by new anti money-laundering laws.

Savers should be aware of the assumptions used by online calculators that show what could be in their KiwiSaver account by retirement age.

Currency trader came to New Zealand for a change of pace, but rate-rigging claims followed him.

Fixed rate mortgages could be set to tumble to new lows in the coming months after the Reserve Bank signaled it may have to cut rates again this year.

Wellington banker accused of helping to rig international banking rates is still awaiting his fate on another charge.

Recent sharp swings in equity markets around the globe offers buying opportunities, says chief executive of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund Adrian Orr.

ANZ has had a senior management reshuffle, promoting two New Zealand leaders to his executive committee.

Britain's banks have been accused of hounding MPs' children, parents, grandparents and even in-laws in a crackdown aimed at curbing fraud by corrupt African dictators.

According to latest Morningstar figures, some funds have consistently ranked at or near the bottom in their respective categories for the last five years.

Newly launched peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders may have to prove they can endure an economic downturn and become more transparent before becoming a major force.

Eleven major banks say they have tested a system that could make trading much faster and cheaper, using the technology that underpins crypto-currency bitcoin.