Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co’s new UK digital lender has attracted more than 500,000 customers and gathered about $10 billion in deposits since launching in September. Chase UK, its British digital-only bank, is “off to a strong start,” JPMorgan said in an investor presentation. But such growth hasn’t come cheap with losses at US lender’s overseas digital banks likely …

  Bloomberg New Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong is turning out to be more outspoken than his predecessor as he shows a willingness to leverage his position to stimulate debate on economic challenges ranging from inflation to demographics. Rhee made clear ahead of his first policy meeting this week that he will press for higher interest rates to rein …

  Bloomberg Thailand’s central bank is confident inflation will return to target next year, signalling there was no rush to change monetary policy settings just yet to check price gains hovering around a 13-year high. “Inflation is no doubt trending higher,” Governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting …