KPMG report reveals how sector is coping.

National leader Christopher Luxon and finance spokeswoman Nicola Willis respond to Grant Robertson's pre-Budget speech. Video / Mark Mitchell

BNZ customers were unable to use ATM cards or access online banking services for hours.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson released the proposed New Zealand Income Insurance Scheme discussion document in Wellington. Video / Mark Mitchell

Focus: Kiwibank CEO Steve Jurkovich says the bank will have to take a more open-minded approach towards lending both during and after the Covid-19 restrictions.

Focus: Kiwi’s and international travellers insurance policies they’ve taken out reveal it can be harder than you think.

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KiwiSaver - Review of Retirement Income Policies 2019. Video / Commission for Financial Capability

Action taken against an insurer has given the Strategic Finance settlement sum a boost.

Insurer Youi has been fined the maximum penalty by the Insurance Council over misleading sales practices.

Eight years ago Kiwis were getting close to 8.5 per cent on their money in the bank. Now it's less than half that and savers look set to be squeezed even more.

Milford Asset Management portfolio manager Mark Warminger could face a penalty of up to $1 million a trade if any of them breached market manipulation rules.

Turners, formerly known as Dorchester Pacific, has bought Southern Finance for $5 million, giving the finance company greater exposure in the South Island as it continues to expand its loan book.

Creditors pursuing Glenn Walker are fuming the Geneva Finance founder got in first and bankrupted himself.

I've recently separated from my wife and taken a mortgage on my home to pay a separation settlement. Can I use my KiwiSaver to pay into the home loan?

Global fallout from the shock decision by Switzerland's move to remove the cap on the franc has widened with more traders and hedge funds closing or facing escalating losses.

The Serious Fraud Office has been castigated by one of its former bosses for its "inept" investigation in the South Canterbury Finance case.

Three South Canterbury Finance principals accused of dishonest conduct have been denied access to invoices and correspondence.

Full amount of directors' insurance policy available to satisfy any settlement of claim, decides Supreme Court.

An Auckland financial adviser accused of stealing $3 million of investors' money has been charged today.

A body with the power to fine financial advisers or recommend they be deregistered will hear its first cases today.

The elderly accountant - who has been declared bankrupt twice since age 60 - was sentenced to three years, seven months in jail earlier this year.

Prime Minister John Key says he would be amazed if any surprises emerged from former Solid Energy chief executive Don Elder's appearance before a select committee tomorrow.

Both of the men who steered state coal miner Solid Energy to the brink of financial ruin will tomorrow face MPs questions about their oversight and management of the company.

A director of a failed finance company delayed his sentencing so he could go on holiday to Fiji over the Christmas break, says the Crown.

Two trustees have been caught up in the Financial Markets Authority's case against six former Hanover directors or promoters and are now trying to remove themselves from the proceedings.