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Government underwrites Kiwibank expansion
The Government has underwritten Kiwibank's growth plans by providing its parent NZ Post with a backup funding facility it can draw on in emergencies.

Kiwibank not profitable enough, Norris says
Kiwibank has undercharged for too long and is reaping the fruits of not being profitable enough, Ralph Norris says.

<i>Media</i>: Sharing shop one option to save costs
Mediaworks wants to put TV and radio news operations under one roof.

Kiwibank growth slows
Kiwibank had slowing growth and shrinking margins in the March quarter, says KPMG.

Kiwibank follows rivals with big mortgage rate cuts
Kiwibank, which led its rivals in cutting two-year fixed home loan rates last week, has now followed them by reducing its three, four and five year rates.

<i>Mood of the Boardroom</i>: NZ should get back on the international radar
Lloyd Morrison: We are a very small economy...

Mortgage rates hike - all the banks now up
All the major trading banks have now lifted their mortgage rates, with BNZ becoming the last to move following the recent OCR hike.

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.

Super Fund tips big rural buy up
The Super Fund may take part in a big rural land buy up, says its boss Adrian Orr.

<i>Matt McCarten</i>: We're not jealous of the rich, we're just annoyed
Columnist Matt McCarten been thinking about John Key's comments around the Budget asking us not to be jealous of the rich.

<i>Bernard Hickey: </i> Cut the middle class welfare
It's time to kill the middle class welfare boondoggles.

Five gamechangers for our capital markets?
The Capital Markets taskforce believes New Zealand could double the size of its public markets in five years - with a little ambition. Here's some of the potential game changers.

<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Cheers for Sam Knowles
Sam Knowles deserves an awful lot of credit for leading the creation of a large and worthy institution that has shaken up the banking industry for the benefit of consumers.