Wellington, Jan 27 NZPA - Shares in online accounting software company Xero rose five cents to $1.65 today after the company said it had reached an agreement with a US based company called Yodlee Inc that will improve automatic feeds of bank accounts into Xero's products.

Wellington, Aug 24 NZPA - Managers have been identified as the biggest risk to business in a "fraud barometer" survey by KPMG. Internal staff members were responsible for 30 percent of all fraud cases in the 18 months to June.

Wellington, July 14 NZPA - Two Australian entrepreneurs who laundered millions of dollars through New Zealand banks are to pay the Australian Tax Office over $NZ40 million in tax and penalties.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, June 4 NZPA - Graduates should be able to manage their student loans as easily as their bank accounts, Finance Minister Bill English says.

The overall bank balances of anyone in KiwiSaver will be worse off under National's economic and tax plan than under Labour's policy, Labour's finance spokesman Dr Cullen said today.

by Kate Chapman of NZPA Wellington, Oct 6 NZPA - Serious trans-Tasman talks are needed about insuring bank deposits here to ensure New Zealand taxpayers do not end up subsidising Australian-owned banks, a banking academic said today.

Wellington, Aug 16 NZPA - A former broker for the American owner of New Zealand's biggest tomato processing operation, SK Foods, is under investigation for allegedly offering bribes to sell tomato-based products to buyers for food giants, including Kraft, Frito-Lay and Safeway, according to cou

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