Bloomberg Kenya Airways pilots warned the carrier against cutting jobs and offered to go on unpaid leave to help mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on the East African airline. The aviators will consider voluntary breaks only if it serves “to secure jobs” and cushion the airline “from further effects of the pandemic,” the Kenya Airlines Pilots Association said …

Bloomberg Japan’s financial regulator is running out of patience with regional banks that are struggling to adapt to an increasingly grim business environment. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) has targeted some local lenders for “intensive dialogue,” which could lead to regulatory action if they fail to convince it of their viability, Commissioner Toshihide Endo said. He hinted at the need …

Bloomberg ICICI Bank Ltd. plans to raise as much as 150 billion rupees ($2 billion) in capital, adding to the list of Indian lenders that are bolstering buffers as the pandemic threatens to push up bad loans. The nation’s second-largest private-sector bank will raise the funds via shares or equity-linked securities in one or more tranches, it said in a …