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Dollar dips below key 77 US cent mark
The NZ dollar fell below a key support level of 77 US cents, driven by optimism about the outlook for the world's largest economy.
![ATM cheat's wild life of jets, call girls](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
ATM cheat's wild life of jets, call girls
Aussie barman managed to steal more than A$1.6 million and spent wildly on private jets, prostitutes and gambling.
![In the red over bank error](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
In the red over bank error
A business owner who was mistakenly given thousands of dollars by his bank later had his account put into the red without warning.
![Banks' profits explode as bad debts go](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Banks' profits explode as bad debts go
Westpac NZ's record annual cash profit of $864m confirms a bumper year for the big banks. In fact, at $4.1b, that's almost $1000 for every man, woman and child in NZ.
![Market waiting on rate swaps probe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Market waiting on rate swaps probe
The Commerce Commission has missed its own deadline on whether it will file court action against three banks involved in its interest rate swaps probe.
![Diana Clement: Mortgage options available to get up ladder](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Diana Clement: Mortgage options available to get up ladder
Getting a mortgage is much harder than it was before the global financial crisis. No longer will banks lend willy-nilly.
![Generous banks lure in clients](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Generous banks lure in clients
Banks are offering cash, TVs and furniture vouchers to entice customers into taking out home loans - but experts warn consumers not to be taken in.
![Brand merger helps ANZ's profits soar](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brand merger helps ANZ's profits soar
ANZ New Zealand boosted annual earnings 17 per cent as the local unit of Australia & New Zealand Banking Group benefited from home loan lending growth and bedded down savings from the integration of the National Bank brand.
![ANZ profit surges $343m to $1.71b](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
ANZ profit surges $343m to $1.71b
ANZ New Zealand's profit climbed $343 million in the past 12 months to a record $1.71 billion.
![Co-op Bank loses fight over its name](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Co-op Bank loses fight over its name
The Co-operative Bank has lost a High Court bid to stop a financial services group using the word co-op in its name.
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Business shows more confidence
Business confidence has rebounded in ANZ's monthly survey, the first since the general election.
![Holding rate gets support from board](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Holding rate gets support from board
If the Reserve Bank leaves the official cash rate on hold at 3.5 per cent today it will be the right call, the NZIER's shadow monetary policy board believes.
![Brian Fallow: Wealth gap goes mainstream](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brian Fallow: Wealth gap goes mainstream
It is a sign that the times, they are a-changin' when leading central bankers, of all people, are publicly deploring prevailing levels of, and trends in, inequality.
![Low CPI tipped to hold rate rise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Low CPI tipped to hold rate rise
Economists now expect the Reserve Bank to keep interest rates on hold until September next year after inflation in the September quarter proved even more benign than it had forecast.