Wondering why there's no money left at the end of the week? Blame your 'monkey' brain.

COMMENT: First-time credit card users often buy more than they can afford.

ASB's parent company Commonwealth Bank has admitted miss-selling credit card insurance.

After the GFC, millennials have become hesitant to go into debt.

COMMENT: Crafty ways to use credit cards to your advantage.

Poor financial habits are costing New Zealanders millions of dollars every year.

Five per cent of Kiwis won't be buying Christmas presents this year, say researchers.

Nearly 30pc of Kiwis won't pay their post Xmas credit bill on time, research shows.

Paul Little went to Debtors Anonymous to meet those battling an addiction to spending.

Online, mobile and digital currency systems are set to overtake credit and debit cards.

Two mobile traders have been ordered to pay over $250,000 for breaching trading laws.

UK banks are now giving out unsecured consumer loans enthusiastically

An Australian scientist has been jailed for using forged NZ passports to defraud banks.

We're a nation with a debt problem. But can debt be good, and do you treat it differently?

New research is supporting the view that it's time to ditch daylight savings.

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Higher spending by tourists continued to bolster retailers last month. Figures from Paymark show February spending was up 2.2 per

A couple disguised themselves as hospital staff and visitors to schools before going on a $50,000 spending spree with stolen credit cards.

Retail spending continues to rise with electronic card transaction sales up 5.6 per cent or $270 million on the same period last year.

Against the odds, a Kiwi and her partner transformed from broke credit card junkies to $1 million property owners. Here's how they did it.

Kiwis are putting more on their credit card than ever before, raising concerns about how quickly that debt will be paid back.

COMMENT: Kiwis love a good freebie. In the cut-through world of credit cards banks fight hard to grab our attention with juicy perks.

Kiwis are more likely to let their credit card payments slip in the first three months of the year.

The latest data from Paymark showed a 6.6 per cent increase in spending for the month of December on the last year.

Christmas spending is shaping up to be strong across the country.

New Zealand retail spending on electronic cards fell in November, amid disruption from the Kaikoura earthquake.

Kiwis rate travel much higher than buying possessions, according to a survey released by American Express

More financial services companies are embracing the technology.

People who are married and have two or three children are more likely to have a higher credit score than those with one or no children. Research

Children as young as 12 are targeting contactless credit and debit cards in Rotorua.