Open banking a step closer to gaining scale, as ASB and POLi strike deal - is the Govt's competition push working? / ASB provides emergency relief for storm-affected customers / Is there method to the Government's madness, making a retrospective law change that will help ANZ and ASB defend themselves in court? / ASB forecasts Reserve Bank may need to make deeper OCR cuts / Consumer finance law change could quash huge class action against ANZ and ASB banks / Why NZ's economic recovery feels more Prius than Ferrari - ASB economist / ASB, TSB help fraud victims send $2m to scammers, accused money mule admits to Westpac he's a 'middle' man / Mortgage wars: ASB, Westpac cut home loan rates / ASB cuts some home loan rates, shaving one down just below 5% / Fixed mortgage rates drop, but ASB cautions on long-term stability