Wellington, March 12 NZPA - A former Tauranga bank manager has been jailed for defrauding her employers of more than half a million dollars. Shona Bullen, 47. a National Bank mobile manager, fraudulently loaded mortgages worth $515,000 on to and then drew down on her father's account.

Wellington, Feb 26 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar spent the day trading around the US51c figure after falling a cent against the United States dollar overnight as the greenback strengthened on its appeal as a safe haven.

Wellington, Feb 25 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar traded in fairly narrow ranges today as the US dollar rallied against the yen.

Wellington, Feb 20 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar embarked on a slow drift down today and is expected to remain hostage to events outside New Zealand next week. The NZ dollar was worth US50.36c at 5pm from US51.20c at 5pm yesterday.

I made some silly decisions as a student and I am paying of the National Bank to the tune of 10K through Baycorp.

Wellington, Feb 3 NZPA - KiwiSaver investors continued to help prop up the fund management sector, which recorded the second quarter in a row of positive inflows late last year, FundSource said today.

Wellington, Jan 23 NZPA - Farm lobbyists say banks are milking farmers by charging unnecessarily high interest rates on overdrafts provided to farmers.

Wellington, Jan 21 NZPA - ANZ National is lowering its variable home mortgage rates.

Wellington, Jan 14 NZPA - Mortgage interest rate cuts like those announced by ANZ National Bank today may not stimulate demand for home loans because borrowers are worried about their jobs.

Wellington, Jan 14 NZPA - ANZ and National Bank have announced they are dropping their fixed-term mortgage rates ahead of the next Official Cash Rate (OCR) announcement. In a statement released today, ANZ and National said their new two-year rate would be 7 percent, down 0.20 percent.