A Dunedin man was deceived out of more than NZD $525,000 over 18 years by an Auckland woman posing as an Australian police recruit.
The review says delayed tightening helped drive inflation to 7.3 percent, forcing sharper rate rises and weighing on growth and jobs.
Round-up saving has pushed more than 7,000 users towards retirement balances, with self-employed New Zealanders making up about a third of Feijoa's base.
Customer contact details and portfolio data were exposed in a breach at Hatch's US broker partner, though no holdings or transactions were affected.
Rising cyber budgets are failing to curb APAC losses, as Asahi's outage showed the real cost is business disruption, not breach headlines.
Driven by improved tooling, finance teams are meeting higher standards as regulators and analysts scrutinise disclosures faster.
Demand for machine identity security and digital trust tools lifted annual recurring revenue more than 35 per cent year on year.
Digital delivery will now handle virtual card details in more than 100 countries as hotels move off fax, lifting completion rates.
The hire signals MYOB's push to simplify bookkeeping and add AI tools for small businesses and accountants across Australia and New Zealand.
The rollout aims to cut merchants' cross-border costs and speeds by automating onboarding, compliance, FX and treasury workflows with AI.
Banks can now manage translation, validation and routing of payment messages in one platform as ACI targets cleaner data across networks.
Merchants across 12 Asian markets can now use a single interface to cut checkout friction and fraud exposure on card payments.
Real-time mainframe data is becoming crucial for faster lending, fraud checks and insurance quotes, as stale feeds can mislead AI systems.
Tighter controls could stop overspend, speed approvals and cut audit chasing for lean healthcare finance teams juggling complex funding streams.
APAC security teams can cut AI bills sharply by filtering routine cases before they reach costly frontier models, without weakening defences.
Record registrations underscore the Cook Islands' growing reliance on US-backed trust business, even as local staffing gaps widen.
Working capital pressure is driving finance chiefs to prioritise cash flow and automation, with 59% seeing AI improve forecasting and liquidity.
Higher transparency is drawing more capital into commercial property, with highly transparent markets attracting USD $1.4 trillion over two years.
Uneven uptake leaves Japan lagging, as fraud fears and AI scam worries reshape how families send and receive money across Asia Pacific.
Flexible superannuation could trim New Zealand's pension bill by up to NZD $49 billion a year by 2048, accountants say.
