Funds handy for urgent medical care but urge to shop is a hazard.

COMMENT: Most money fights are not about money at all, Tom Hartmann writes.

COMMENT: Can you learn debt lessons by playing at loan shark?

COMMENT: Beyond teaching children with pocket money, there are a handful of reasons we end up handing cash over to the kids.

A woman's micro business she started with just $5000 is now turning over more than $3 million a year.

If you have a burning question about KiwiSaver but don't want to trawl the internet, a babybot might be able to help.

Nearly one in five Kiwis has hidden savings or debt from their other half and women are the bigger culprits.

An unemployed man who went to bed with 90p in his bank account claims he woke up the next morning to discover he was £1.2 million (NZ$2.1m) overdrawn.

COMMENT: Who earns interest on bank holidays? And what's the best use of cash? Mary Holm answers your questions.

A striking new infographic has revealed the world's most expensive cities - and Auckland's among them.

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

COMMENT: Borrowing money to invest can supercharge your returns but only in a rising market which is difficult to time.

How do the companies identified as being potentially exposed of paying little tax respond?

New Zealanders have leapfrogged Brits, Singaporians and Belgians to become the fifth wealthiest people in the world, according to a major new study.

Credit card spending in October increased on last year as New Zealand enters the holiday spending season, new data from the Reserve Bank shows.

With the average Auckland house is valued at over $1 million Kiwis are beginning to feel dejected, a new ASB survey reveals.

New figures reveal the group of New Zealanders who have felt the cost of living increase the most.

Competition in the low interest rate credit card market is heating up with a major bank launching a no fee card and a new entrant

AmEx is hoping to grab a bigger share of the credit card market with the launch of a new card offering the highest Airpoint dollar earn rate for purchases in NZ.

COMMENT: Two apparently unrelated things happened in the first week of October that say so much about New Zealand these days.

New data shows nearly 90 per cent of all personal debt in New Zealand is tied up in property.

Baby boomers could take a cue from millennials, who are more likely to talk about money in their relationships.

A new online service is promising to provide Kiwis with a quick and free way to find out their credit score.

The number of homeowners forced to sell because of debt has dropped 30 per cent in past year - which experts say is a sign of a more buoyant economy.

COMMENT: For anyone who finds themselves in pickle, here's a story of sheer determination.

There's been a call for credit card companies to be scrutinised for the levies they charge companies.

COMMENT: Putting in a loan application is like submitting your CV for a job - you want your best foot forward.

COMMENT: You? Me? The government? Have your say.

Older boomers have experienced what is arguably the best-case scenario.