The four Australian-owned banks earn more out of NZ than banks in most other countries, but that's the price of a sound financial system, says Alan Bollard.

New Zealand Government workers are the gloomiest about their own job security in at least six years, in the Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence index.

What are our top CEO's getting paid? Last year pay for NZ's bosses fell for the first time in eight years. See the full list here.

The Reserve Bank will not lower the official cash rate below 2.5 per cent in its review next week, says Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens.

MYOB and Westpac Banking are looking to get 10,000 local businesses online by offering free websites for the next year.

Kara Hurring was doomed from the moment she began spending missing cash, says former flatmate.