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![Homegrown disadvantage for banks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Homegrown disadvantage for banks
For the past three years Kiwibank has been voted New Zealand's Most Trusted Bank in the annual Reader's Digest poll.
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<i>Inside Money:</i> Consumer backing the big end of town
Is Consumer backing the big end of town in the debate over financial advisor legislation?
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<i>Brent Sheather</i>: Risk-free rates a bit of a gamble
Some risk-free rates suddenly don't look so risk-free any more.
![South Canterbury to get $25m boost](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
South Canterbury to get $25m boost
Pyne Gould Corp's security trustee has agreed to lend extra millions to Timaru-based South Canterbury Finance.
!['Heartland' bank launched from Sth Island merger](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Heartland' bank launched from Sth Island merger
The banking operations of Pyne Gould, Southern Cross Building Society and the Canterbury Building Society are merging.
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Dorchester posts annual loss of $19.1M
Dorchester Pacific, seeking to raise $10 million to exit its moratorium, has reported a full-year loss of $19.1 million.
![It's a Bob each way - and no Blue Chip](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
It's a Bob each way - and no Blue Chip
Blue Chip co-founder Bob Bangerter considers the finance company's "saga" over and is now working as a property consultant under the name Bob James.