Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co’s fledgling digital bank is going after more customers in the UK with a new savings account. Chase, which launched in the UK last September, will offer a variable interest rate of 1.5%, the company said. That’s more than double the rate offered by similar online banks including Goldman Sachs Group Marcus. Deposits will be …

  Bloomberg Ecobank Transnational Inc, the pan-African lender with operations in 35 countries, foresees slower growth this year as a devaluation of local currencies pushes up its costs and make it more difficult for its clients to do business. The Togo-based lender predicts revenue growth will slow to 1% to 3% this year, from 5% in 2021, while loan extensions …

  Bloomberg The Philippine central bank, which held interest rates steady, warned inflation may breach its target this year and that it stands ready to respond to a build up in price pressures. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas left the benchmark rate at a record low 2%, as predicted by all 23 economists in a Bloomberg survey. Its last rate move …