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![Maier joins Ngai Tahu day after SCF collapse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Maier joins Ngai Tahu day after SCF collapse
South Canterbury Finance chief executive Sandy Maier became a director of Ngai Tahu Holdings the day after Allan Hubbard's finance company was placed in receivership.
![<i>Inside Money:</i> Brethren launches Kiwisaver scheme](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
<i>Inside Money:</i> Brethren launches Kiwisaver scheme
The Exclusive Brethren church has launched its own KiwiSaver scheme, writes David Chaplin.
![Banks ease lending rules as house sales slump](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Banks ease lending rules as house sales slump
NZ banks are relaxing their lending criteria with a deposit of 20pc no longer necessarily required to get approval.
![Auditor-General to review deposit guarantee scheme](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Auditor-General to review deposit guarantee scheme
Lyn Provost is to review the Crown's Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme which ended earlier this week having paid out $1.85bn.
![<i>Stock Takes:</i> Crumbling takeover](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
<i>Stock Takes:</i> Crumbling takeover
Tower's move to bid for Fidelity Life Assurance without securing support from Fidelity's major shareholders has left some wondering whether it has some underlying plan which has yet to be revealed.
![Extended retail deposit guarantee gets little traction](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Extended retail deposit guarantee gets little traction
Only seven companies - including the three "Heartland Bank" merger partners - have signed up for the Crown's extended retail deposit guarantee scheme.
![ASB launches 'rounding up' savings](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
ASB launches 'rounding up' savings
One of NZ's biggest banks is encouraging Kiwis to turn their small change into big bucks via a new savings programme that rounds up spending on eftpos and visa debit transactions.
![Unravelling Hubbard entities becoming a nightmare](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Unravelling Hubbard entities becoming a nightmare
Many farm businesses believed their loans were personally with Allan Hubbard, not Aorangi.