Gail Kelly collected nearly $12.8 million for her final four months work as Australian chief executive of Westpac.

The Reserve Bank has once again sounded a warning about dairy farm debt but, for the time being, farmers seem to be coping with the financial stress brought about by lower milk prices.

Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler says raising interest rates as a short-term monetary policy response to Auckland's overheated housing market is "pretty negligible".

The Reserve Bank's governor has apologised after wrongly attributing a panel design on the new $10 note.

Reserve Bank has asked the country's five biggest rural lenders to conduct a "stress test" of their exposure to dairy farm debt, and had encouraged them to set aside provisions .

New Zealand's banking system remains in good health, but heavily indebted dairy sector and heated property market are posing increasing risks to lenders.

BNZ is facing a lawsuit which a liquidator of a freight-forwarding company says should have gone to the New Zealand Customs Service for import duty.

The Warehouse is rebranding and extending into financial services with the launch of two low- fee credit cards.

Westpac New Zealand expects Auckland's heated housing market to cool following regulatory changes.

But shine of record earnings dulled by news of slower growth.

Moves by global financial players to close New Zealand-based operations are disappointing and put the local industry in danger of losing critical mass, a top fund manager says.

Mary Holm answers questions on inheritance, investments, Kiwisaver and property.

Situation allowed some ASB online banking customers to add any text after old passwords, which were not case-sensitive, and still log in.

Deutsche Bank is closing its local NZ operation as part of a massive global overhaul that will see it shed 35,000 staff.

The most chilling aspect of the police intrusion into Nicky Hager's privacy is how ordinary it was.

Anger and frustration over glitch that brought down ANZ services.

Market-share gains helped ANZ New Zealand drive a 4 per cent lift in annual profit to a record $1.8 billion.

ANZ Bank New Zealand, the nation's biggest lender, has recorded a 0.3 percent gain in full-year cash profits.

Official cash rate to remain at 2.75 per cent but bank worried about effects of China slowdown.

Fixed home loan rates are unlikely to fall much further regardless of what happens to the official cash rate brokers say.

BNZ has cracked the billion dollar profit level, but has put aside a big pile of cash for potential bad debts from its rural customers.

Bank shoots past the billion-dollar mark for the first time.

Reserve issues formal warning to state-owned bank.

They are the 15 players who decide the game and they are mostly secretive about what they do.

Qantas has launched a pre-paid currency card in New Zealand - the first country outside its Australian base.

Eyeing up that bach down the road or perusing the property listings with a view to borrowing more money on the cheap?

Economists expect the Reserve Bank to keep its powder dry when it reviews its official cash rate on Thursday.

Inflation is unlikely to be the trigger for an Australian Reserve Bank rate cut.

Serious Fraud Office investigating fraud involving developers, company directors, property valuers and lawyers.