Wellington, Sept 1 NZPA - The focus turned today to who will buy the assets of South Canterbury Finance and the unintended consequences of the Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme.

Wellington, Aug 6 NZPA - Financial disclosure requirements for banks could be reduced as the Reserve Bank looks at changing the current regime but a banking academic said the proposed changes are "more or less useless".

Wellington, March 24 NZPA - A dip in fixed-term mortgage rates is only expected to be temporary, despite being seen as an indication of increasing confidence in the stability of banks in this country.

Wellington, Feb 8 NZPA - A banking analyst does not see any problem in New Zealand matching Australia by ending a government guarantee on wholesale funds.

Wellington, Jan 10 NZPA - Five independently owned BP stations in Wellington may be the first businesses in the country to pass on credit card transaction costs to their customers.

Wellington, Dec 24 NZPA - A $2.2 billion stocking filler tax settlement is something of a win-win for both the Government and the country's four main banks on the eve of Christmas, says a banking academic.

Wellington, March 29 NZPA - Mortgagee sale figures have reached a new high, with Auckland hardest hit, latest figures show. There were 150 forced sales around the country in January, a five-fold increase from January 2007's 28 sales.

Wellington, March 24 NZPA - Rising fixed-interest loans at major banks is good news for the country's savers, but the Finance Minister has urged banks to remember their borrowers.

Wellington, March 24 NZPA - Recent rise in some fixed-interest loans by major banks are not unexpected, Massey University director of banking studies David Tripe says.

Wellington, Jan 29 NZPA - Now is the time to buy, a vendor of home mortgage finance said as Kiwibank and Westpac led the latest round of mortgage rate cuts.