New Zealand's market watchdog says a spate of prosecutions shows the consequences for firms which don't file financial statements on time.

China Construction Bank has been licensed by the Reserve Bank, making it the country's 24th registered lender.

Unlisted, the share trading platform run by Armillary Private Capital, is mulling an application to be a registered market or seek to be exempted.

New Zealand's dollar is the most overstretched in three years, trading patterns suggest, putting in jeopardy its chances of surpassing a record high.

BNZ's head of migrant banking, Frank Cui, reckons he has a pretty good grasp of the challenges immigrants face when building a new life in NZ.

The New Zealand dollar touched a 13-month high against the euro overnight.

The New Zealand dollar is within striking distance of its post-float high against the US dollar and may surpass it, says an analyst.

The boss of New Zealand's first peer-to-peer lending service, Harmoney, says the online platform will shake up the personal loan market and give retail investors a new option.

A former banking boss traded without the knowledge of his co-directors at a consultancy business and rather than putting the firm's account on invoices he put bank accounts of companies he personally controlled, the High Court was told.

A former banking boss breached duties owed to a consultancy firm he helped set up, profited at its expense, and is now liable to it for more than $1 million.

A former Central Hawke's Bay mayor and lawyer who intentionally facilitated crime by providing legal help has been sentenced to four years nine months' jail.

Seven directors that raise funds from the public have been charged by market regulators for allegedly breaching the Financial Reporting Act.

Tim Draper has been identified as the winning bidder for a cache of 29,656 bitcoins seized from the Silk Road website and auctioned off by the US govt.

Auckland house sales data for June is out, showing a slight decline in sales volumes but average sale prices up $11,088 - that's a daily price rise of $369.60.