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

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.

HSBC has appointed Chris Russell as its New Zealand chief executive.

Mark McLean has been appointed interim CEO for SBS Bank.

Deep Blue has conquered the world of chess - now it's about to revolutionise mortgage-approvals.

Mary Holm talks kids, Bonus Bonds and buying a home.

ASB Bank received the New Zealand Bank of the Year award last night at the International Bank of the Year awards held in London.

Easing two-way trade is a priority for China Construction Bank

Clive Crook talks finance strategies.

Cinema software provider Vista Group is eyeing an entry to the S&P/NZX 50 - a move that would nicely cap off the company's stellar run since listing last year.

New Zealand shares rose yesterday, led by A2 Milk Co, after it raised $40 million in an oversubscribed placement.

The acquisition is the next step in the Auckland-based retailer's development of an in-house financial services business.

TradeMe Group has launched an insurance with Tower, as part of the online auction site's plan to diversify into financial services.

Law firm Chapman Tripp comments on the FMA deal with Ponzi scheme mastermind David Hobbs.

Nelson man David John Hobbs was described as the "mastermind" behind an A$30 million "Ponzi" scheme.

The Financial Markets Authority is investigating Arena Capital, concerned investor funds may be at risk.

While the Government spent about $1.7 billion bailing out the majority of South Canterbury Finance investors, close to 4000 holders of preference shares were left out in the cold.

Head of Auckland's biggest real estate company wants urges $500k deposit for homes worth over $1.5 million and ditching LVR for homes under $500k.

Homeowners look set to enjoy further interest rate cuts, with a broker tipping historic lows within 12 months.

A former Bridgecorp director is due to be released from prison less than three years into his six year, nine month sentence.

Mortgage payments for Auckland's most affordable homes are costing first-time buyers nearly half their take-home pay each week, a new report shows.

Shopping around for a mortgage could save New Zealanders up to $28,500 over the lifetime of a loan, according to a new survey of home lending.

Day seven in the murder trial of Mark Lundy - the Palmerston North sink salesman accused of killing his wife and daughter in appalling circumstances with an axe or something similar

S&P will pay more than a year's profit to settle suits that it inflated ratings on subprime-mortgage bonds at the centre of the 2008 financial crisis.

Air New Zealand is being investigated over possible misleading or deceptive conduct in the way it sells insurance with air fares.

The benchmark NZX 50 Index hit its highest point yesterday and has risen by 17 per cent in 2014, marking another golden year for local equities.

Two consumer finance companies directed by New Zealand businessman Allan Hawkins are facing criminal charges that alleges their repossession and debt recovery practices breached the Fair Trading Act.

A failed Fiji resort development that Bridgecorp directors poured $106 million has today been officially restarted by the island's nation's prime minister.