ASB grows home loans by $1.7b over two quarters with $1.4b, or 84%, coming in lending where the borrower has deposit/equity worth less than 20% of the loan

Parent Commonwealth Bank of Australia says the pace of ASB's residential mortgage & business lending growth remained above overall market growth in the March quarter

BNZ interim profit drops 15% to $298m as expenses & impairments rise; Deposit growth of 5% outstrips 2% lending growth; Has NZ$22.5m KiwiSaver funds under management

Analysts at UBS point to key challenges facing ANZ NZ, say it's 'very profitable' but question whether this is sustainable

Westpac NZ interim cash earnings up 7% as impairment charges on bad loans fall; Deposits up 7%, loans up 1%; Aussie parent pays special dividend

ANZ NZ posts interim profit of NZ$655 mln as it cuts costs & provisions for bad loans fall; Lending up 1% deposits up 4%, Net interest margin down 10 basis points

Deutsche Bank analysts say ANZ is being penalised for its lower-than-peer dividend payout ratio; Could sustain ratio of as much as 81% compared with current 65%

Australasia's big 4 banks expected to post combined 5% rise in half-year cash profit to A$13.22 billion, (about NZ$16 billion)

Loan to value ratio caps and increased sectoral capital requirements seen as the biggest threats to bank profitability out of the RBNZ's macro-prudential tools

TSB Bank grows deposits by almost twice the pace of lending in the December quarter