Bloomberg As well as a surging yen, non-existent inflation and a weak economy, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has something else to think about when deciding monetary policy this week— unhappy banks. Japan’s biggest lender, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd, has led the way in voicing concerns about the negative interest-rate regime introduced by Kuroda earlier this year. …

  Bloomberg Poland’s largest lender PKO Bank Polski SA is planning to bid for Raiffeisen Bank International AG’s unit in the country, as the state-run company seeks to reinforce government efforts to boost domestic ownership of the financial industry, according to a person familiar with the process. Raiffeisen’s Polish assets, including its corporate banking unit, wouldn’t overlap much with PKO’s …

  Bloomberg Nigeria plans to delay new capital rules for banks as regulators in Africa’s biggest economy follow fellow oil producer Kazakhstan in trying to boost lending and avoid a recession. The Central Bank of Nigeria in 2014 ordered the country’s lenders it considered too big to fail to boost minimum capital adequacy ratios to 16 percent from 15 percent …