The Serious Fraud Office trial of South Canterbury Finance's chief executive and two of the failed firm's directors is due to begin in Timaru on Wednesday.

A rise in the official cash rate from 2.5 to 2.75 per cent on Thursday is seen as a virtual certainty, so the focus will be on the Reserve Bank's economic forecasts.

Law firm Bell Gully has published new guidelines about what to do if the Financial Markets Authority raids your business.

Kiwibank has given an assurance it won't discriminate against customers who take part in a class-action lawsuit over allegedly "unfair" penalty fees.

Savers should expect to feel some relief from next week with economists predicting short-term deposit rates to head up in line with a predicted increase in the official cash rate.

Defence denies former mayor helped form a plan to solicit funds in contravention of Belgrave Finance's trust deed.

A former mayor prepared loan documents and gave advice on $12.6 million in "unlawful advances" of Belgrave Finance investor money.

Reserve Bank restrictions on home lending have "changed the game" for New Zealand's banks and created unintended consequences, says a new report.

Large chunks of the tax base resemble icebergs, drifting north into the warm waters of the global and digital economy.

New Zealand's five major banks continued to show strong earnings growth in the second half of their financial years, says international consultancy PwC.

The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research expects the economy to grow 3 per cent this year.

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