The number of new home loans increased by nearly 30% in the six months to December 2023 according to retail banking insights released today by the New Zealand Banking Association. There were 52,504 ...

In 2018, property developer Terry Serepisos borrowed $152,500 from an Auckland company. That sum has ballooned to around $2.5 million in nearly six years, and ...

The Bank of the Year, Home Loans award takes both residential and investor home loans into account, and assesses factors such as net cost, ease of application, the discharge process, and customer ...

The IMF says the rapid growth of the Private Credit Market as an opaque and highly interconnected segment of the financial system could heighten financial vulnerabilities ...

As the prospect of OCR rate cuts fade and global forces and local inflation push up wholesale interest rates, ASB trims its key term deposit rate offers ...

Nearly a thousand people's overseas student loan exemptions have been unintentionally cancelled because of a "human error” at Inland Revenue ...

The Senate looks poised to send a sprawling package with aid for Israel and Ukraine to President Biden's desk this week, but Republicans are pulling out moves to delay the bill's passing.

OPINION: Both parties have talked themselves into a pistols-at-dawn showdown.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Papua New Guinea's public sector workfroce beholden to loan sharks.

The higher for longer narrative gains traction as US consumer data holds steady and markets hit all time highs. The late cycle AI heated market rally may be cause for concern, but the more urgent risk ...

Friday, it was equities that sold off on higher risk, even though there were signs the Israelis had not really retaliated against Iran. Despite that, gold was boosted by a bit of safe-haven buying.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has described them as “ill-considered”, which is the first time Luxon has not flannelled when invited by reporters to criticise the actions of ...