More than 800 customers of a consumer loans company will get back $3.3 million after they were overcharged for interest and fees.

NZ has a "rock star economy" and surveys reveal high levels of business confidence, but what could make the economy run out of puff? Peter Lyons looks at the issue.

ANZ workers have announced a national strike over new employment agreements being offered to staff.

Almost a quarter of New Zealand executives think top-level managers' pay packets are out of kilter with reality, a survey suggests.

What would it take to give up the day job and retire young? Financial adviser Simon Hassan says few people want to quit work at a young age these days.

World prices for a basket of New Zealand's export commodities fell 1.3 per cent last month, with dairy products once more leading the decline.

The Financial Markets Authority has today issued a warning about General Equity, which it considered has "engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct."

The NZ dollar dropped to a 13-month low today after figures confirmed the Reserve Bank intervened in foreign exchange markets last month in a bid to bring it down.

Two property fund directors accused of filing company statements late are in discussions with the FMA and are "close to reaching a resolution" of the charges they face.

The NZ dollar fell to a fresh one-year low against the US amid speculation the RBNZ may have intervened to push down the value of the local currency.

Liam Dann offers up five reasons for economic gloom and five reasons for cheer.

People worldwide have opened 41 million bitcoin accounts, according to the Bank of England.

Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler says the NZ dollar is susceptible to a "significant downward adjustment," in a statement issued today.

ANZ staff in New Zealand are considering a national strike over the bank's attempts "casualise" its workforce, a union says.

The Herald understands a conditional settlement has been reached with lawyers for both parties meeting with a judge behind closed doors.

Profits across the New Zealand banking sector were strong over the June quarter, driven in part by lending asset growth and improved interest margins, KPMG said in its latest quarterly performance survey for the sector.

Bankrupt former property developer and reality TV star Terry Serepisos didn't have approval to be out of New Zealand for as long as he was away, his lawyer says.

Five years after the worst of the financial crisis, subprime loans are creeping back, this time primarily in the form of US auto loans.

The dollar declined on concern about slowing growth in China and after Fonterra cut its forecast payout to farmers.

A High Court judge will look at Terry Serepisos' financial affairs to decide when the former reality TV star and football club owner is to be released from bankruptcy.

Consumer confidence has fallen in the Westpac McDermott Miller survey, reflecting less cheerful economic news and a flurry of interest rate rises from the Reserve Bank.