Financial Literacy stories

Plaid and Perplexity debut Portfolio, an AI tool that links brokerage accounts for personalised, conversational investment insights.

KiwiSaver round-up app Feijoa has clinched the Audience Choice award at the Kiwibank Start Up Pitch Breakfast in Wellington.

Bitdefender exposes 26,000 Meta ads in 25 countries pushing fake investment schemes, impersonating banks, media and public figures.

Women in fintech say inclusion tech is advancing faster than culture, warning against hollow celebration while pushing for real structural change.

Ahead of International Women's Day, new research exposes how shattered confidence, bias and complexity fuel a stubborn credit gap for women.

High-earning women are being urged to shift from income focus to structured, automated wealth-building to secure true financial independence.

On International Women's Day 2026, Give to Gain calls for women's financial knowledge and autonomy to be treated as a fundamental right.

New Zealand startup Dashr has launched an Open Banking-based dashboard letting households see all their cash and investments in one place.

Asia-Pacific startup founders are growing older but no less ambitious, with most over 45 and four in ten still chasing unicorn valuations.

Feijoa joins Creative HQ's Fintech Lab to scale its round-up saving app, aiming to lift inconsistent KiwiSaver contributions nationwide.

Most APAC banks are failing to meet customers' financial wellness needs, an Adobe index finds, leaving a trust gap ripe for fintechs.

Singapore's Atlantis Lab has launched Atlantis, a web hub unifying crypto wallets and exchanges while keeping users in full self-custody control.

After crypto's quietly mature 2025, 2026 rewards investors who tune out noise, stick to a plan and favour discipline over prediction.

eccuity launches a digital wealth platform in New Zealand to offer affordable, personalised financial planning for business owners and individuals.

ANPA will invest up to USD $50 million in EDU tokens, partnering with Open Campus and Animoca Brands to boost blockchain education finance.

A New Zealand virtual reality programme is enhancing prisoner job skills and hope, with over 70% of certified participants securing post-release employment.

New Zealand faces NZD $1.6bn in scam losses; criminologist urges tougher regulation on social media and telco firms to curb cybercrime syndicates.

Canon Oceania awards four New Zealand charities NZD $5,000 each plus technology to boost social, environmental, educational, and cultural initiatives in 2025.

Philip Walsh rejoins Middlebank Consulting Group as Associate, bringing extensive finance and operations expertise to enhance clients' supply chains and growth.

Small business sales in New Zealand stalled in the June quarter, down 0.1% year-on-year, while agriculture sales surged 10.9%, showing sector disparities.