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BNZ profit falls 23% as tech costs and bad business debts bite
CEO Dan Huggins says customers want emerging economic momentum to continue.
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Inside Economics: Could KiwiSaver be the key to buying back our banks?
ANALYIS: Liam Dann answers reader questions on all things economic.
Letters: Let the big banks rip off the Australians instead
OPINION: The Government could be the first to switch and use Kiwibank instead of Westpac.
Letters: Something needs to be done to stop public transport violence
OPINION: The Warriors should not entertain ideas of moving permanently to Eden Park.
Letters: A simpler solution to buying back the BNZ
OPINION: Beaches are for people, dog parks are for dogs, one reader argues.
Letters: NZ First BNZ buyout plan, capital gains tax
OPINION: Readers sound warnings over BNZ buyout and demand a capital gains tax debate.
Richard Prebble: Why buying BNZ would be a $24b gamble for taxpayers
OPINION: That cost equals about $4500 in extra debt for every New Zealander.
'Does Mr Seymour or Mr Luxon understand economics?': Peters firm on plan to buy back BNZ
The NZ First leader wants a premium-priced government offer made to NAB.
NZ First's BNZ buy-up plan could cost Govt about $24b
Critics argue expanding Kiwibank with private capital would be a better option.
Sign of the times? BNZ takes $352m hit, as it replaces tech increasingly often
Change of accounting treatment of software has $352m impact on BNZ's books.
High-rise horror no more: Cintra gets new cladding in leaky building fix
The entire tower was covered in shrink wrap for months during the huge building project.
Tech investor Maya Pan – Growth NZ – takes a swing at Australian-owned banks | Herald NOW business
Kiwi households pay meaningfully more on mortgages than Australians because four banks control 90% of the market. Video / Herald NOW business
Architectural designer who laundered $235k fraud proceeds can finally be named
Chamroeun Kor used his CK International Holdings account to move almost $170,000 offshore.
New Zealand's biggest 30 financial institutions ranked
Motor Trade Finance debuts at rank 27 with assets of $1228m.
Parents, schools face headache ahead of Term 1 after uniform provider collapses
Schools have been left scrambling after a uniform supplier went into liquidation.
School uniform firm Sportclub collapses owing $1.5m to IRD, BNZ
Sportclub owes $1.54 million to 291 creditors, including 28 schools nationwide.
'I get paid a lot of money': Banker's $2m salary doubles over year
The chief executive of Westpac's salary is 55 times the average Kiwi's.
Bank introduces lowest advertised mortgage rate on the market
The move puts it ahead of its competitors, which are offering one-year rates of 4.49%.
Mitre 10 cuts $71m loss as debt drops sharply
Andrea Scown, CEO for four years, tells how members are battling the tougher economy.
Bank cuts fixed-term mortgage rate with now-lowest 18-month deal
It comes a week and a half after the Reserve Bank cut the OCR down to 2.5%.
Should we worry about a sharemarket crash?
AI-fuelled hype and stretched valuations are unsettling global investors.
Reserve Bank to ease mortgage lending restrictions
Finance Minister Nicola Willis says the move will help first-home buyers.
Two more banks drop home loan rates after OCR cut
Kiwibank and BNZ have followed moves by other retail banks yesterday.