Bluelab Corporation will use a new research and development growth grant to speed up taking a new sensory product to market in the next year.

Westpac Group chief executive Brian Hartzer has embarked on a mission to transform the bank into a world-leading service company.

Making the move from being a working person to living, at best, in reduced circumstances, and at worst on NZ Super alone, is difficult.

Bankrupts will be able to keep the money in their Kiwisaver accounts under a new court ruling.

The New Zealand dollar has slipped to 98.84 Australian cents from 99.03 cents yesterday ahead of Australian employment data today.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has filed legal proceedings in Portugal against that country's central bank as it tries to claw back a loan to a failed Portuguese lender that resulted in a $200 million write-off.

For the March quarter as a whole core retail sales paid for by credit, debit or charge cards were up 2.7 per cent - the fastest quarterly growth since December 2006.

A real estate company owner in a dispute with an agent over use of a brand name has tried to have two members of Parliament give evidence in the case.

The NZ Super Fund has lined up alongside vulture funds and an Indian steel billionaire in a bid to extract itself from a bad $200 million bet on a toxic Portuguese bank.

Latest stats show New Zealand consumers are starting to spend up in the shops, with electronic card spending up 3.7 per cent last month.

The New Zealand dollar has risen to a fresh record against the euro and commentators say it is likely to continue to break new ground.

Profits were squeezed in New Zealand's banking sector during the final quarter of last year as non-interest income decreased and impaired asset expenses rose.

The lawyer heading a legal fight against New Zealand's major banks over fees says he won't be throwing in the towel despite a ruling in favour of the ANZ in Australia.

ANZ's Truckometer is signalling some slowdown in the pace of growth in the first three months of the year.

Buying a house on the city's outskirts can save Aucklanders up to $50,000 each year in mortgage repayments, despite the added commuting costs.

The lawyer heading up a legal fight against NZ's major banks over fees says he won't be throwing the towel in despite a ruling in favour of ANZ in Australia.

Finance Minister Bill English says New Zealand and Singapore have been at the forefront of negotiations with the Chinese Government over the governance of the proposed Asia Infrastructure Investment....

The Australian Government has announced that it will be involved in negotiations to set up the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Almost certainly, New Zealand will join.

ASB and Westpac banks have taken out the top honours in the 2015 Canstar banking Innovation Excellence Awards with clever new technology-driven products.

A legal fight over bank fees has been put on hold to await the outcome of a similar court case in Australia.

The NZ dollar has risen to a new post-float high against the Australian dollar - the closest it has come to parity since being allowed to trade freely in 1984.