Westpac NZ launches PayTag

Westpac New Zealand, which is forging its own path away from the other three big banks on mobile wallets, has launched a PayTag contactless payment sticker for customers' mobile phones. read more

ANZ NZ workers strike today

FIRST Union members will strike today at ANZ branches and contact centres in six of New Zealand's biggest cities in protest at a pay offer and new contracts they said reduce the certainty of their wor.. read more

ANZ NZ workers plan national strike

FIRST Union members with ANZ in New Zealand have voted for a nationwide strike in protest at proposals that they said reduced the certainty of their working hours. read more

NZ credit growth slowing

New Zealand credit growth slowed again in August as the effects of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's monetary policy tightening and its controls on riskier mortgage lending continued to drag on demand.. read more

RBNZ may pause until mid-2015

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has issued a dovish quarterly Monetary Policy Statement that economists said meant it could keep the Official Cash Rate on hold until June next year. read more

Kiwibank focused on cost control

Kiwibank is renewing its focus on cost control after reporting only a slight rise in annual profit despite a 10.6 per cent rise in lending and a rise in net interest margins. read more