Bloomberg The Bank of England (BOE), one of the first movers in what looks set to be a rapid global tightening of monetary policy, this week will give a big clue about how far and fast it will move in combating inflation. Policy makers led by Governor Andrew Bailey are expected to hike interest rates to 0.5% on Thursday, …

  Bloomberg Overseas-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) said it made $10.1 million in goodwill payouts to 790 customers who fell prey to an text message phishing scam impersonating the lender. About 80% of the amount lost occurred during December 23-30 festive period, at which time calls to the bank’s contact center surged by over 40%, OCBC said. A previous figure that …

  Bloomberg UBS Group AG increased its share buyback program and upgraded key profit and efficiency targets after rising capital market and trading revenues drove better-than-expected results at the investment bank. Switzerland’s largest lender, which also beat analyst forecasts for profit and revenue, will buy back as much as $5 billion of shares this year, almost doubling its total buyback …