New Zealand business stories

Fortinet Cybersecurity Summit 2022 - Auckland offers security leaders and experts the opportunity to discuss the future of cybersecurity in New Zealand.

Digital skill gaps push NZ firms to outsource legacy app support to local IT provider Optimation.

While it took more than a decade to add Xero’s first million subscribers, it took two and a half years to add the next million.

Those who control the most widely used currencies also control a great deal of the global economy, and it is time for New Zealand to get in the game.

Chatbots and digital employees are now an established part of communication between New Zealand businesses and customers.

NZ's iSANZ Awards name top InfoSec finalists, marking rising sector presence.

STITCH consultancy aims to transform marketing with strategy, tech, and data-focus in New Zealand.

Appreciation Engine changed the way customers interact with the music they love through customer behaviour insights.

Hnry was designed to make life easier for contractors, freelancers and other independent earners, providing an online service that takes care of their financial admin.

RedShield CEO and co-founder Andy Prow says that taking capital from a New Zealand private equity player was a strategic choice.

The acquisition gives Zip exposure to four key geographies – New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and South Africa.

The ASB bank funding grant fast-tracks the launch of the company focusing on a blockchain trading product.

This is in comparison to the four-year-old company’s $1.8 million loss last year.

It saw double-digit expansion over the last year, at a time when the median growth rate for New Zealand businesses was -3%.

New Zealand-based conversation platform company, Ambit, has opened its first Australian office in Sydney and CEO Josh Comrie has relocated to oversee the expansion.

Kiwibank acknowledged that with any increase in capital requirements there would be costs for consumers.

Baby Boomer retirement in New Zealand creates skills shortages, with 86% of hiring managers concerned about impact on skillsets, survey finds.

The Kiwi feel-good factor is detrimental to business success, says Chris Chandler, co-founder of OneHQ.

‘Powered by Flossie’ follows seven years of strategic positioning and $6million in seed funding.

Kiwibank chief executive Steve Jurkovich said fairness was an important attribute for the New Zealand-owned bank.

Under the Telecommunications Act, liable companies must provide the Commission with audited financial information that the Commission can use to apportion the levy.

Facilitation of shared or 'fractionalised' investment ownership looks to be the next big thing in financial technology.

Auckland-based AI firm Aider is partnering with Westpac NZ to offer conversational digital assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises.

The warning follows an investigation into representations Spark made on its website and in emails in August and September 2018.