Wellington, Oct 8 NZPA - The Commerce Commission has warned the owners of The Dominion Post newspaper about using the rise in GST to explain a price increase, when the increased tax was the reason for only part of the 10c price rise.

Wellington, July 26 NZPA - Budget Loans Ltd has been pinged for misrepresenting its rights and charging fees to debtors in a loan book it purchased.

Wellington, June 23 NZPA - A $45 million payout by ING (NZ) Ltd and ANZ National Bank in a settlement with the Commerce Commission is expected to still leave investors out of pocket.

Wellington, May 21 NZPA - The Commerce Commission has warned credit card companies against charging late payment penalty fees of more than $15.

Wellington, May 11 NZPA - The Commerce Commission warned Kiwibank and HSBC about the formulas the two banks used to work out mortgage break fees until the middle of last year.

Wellington, March 24 NZPA - The Commerce Commission and second hand goods trader Cash Converters have reached a settlement over the company's pay day loan contracts.

Wellington, June 24 NZPA - The Commerce Commission expects its investigation into ING (NZ)'s diversified yield and regular income funds to take at least another six months.

Wellington, May 28 NZPA - A medical finance company has been ordered to refund about 100 customers, after the Commerce Commission found it was charging different mortgage break fees to what it stated in its contracts.

Wellington, April 30 NZPA - The Commerce Commission has found that loan break fees charged by four banks are "likely to be reasonable" and is continuing to investigate the fees charged by three other banks.