Bloomberg Nigeria’s central bank is increasing pressure on lenders to keep providing credit to boost economic growth in Africa’s biggest oil producer. The West African nation’s banking regulator raised the minimum loan-to-deposit ratio to 65 percent from 60 percent to “sustain the momentum” seen in lending since it first lifted the measure in July, it said. Banks have until December …

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG exonerated Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam as one of his key allies took the fall for a corporate spying scandal that shook Zurich’s financial elite and tainted the bank’s reputation. Chief Operating Officer Pierre-Olivier Bouee, the CEO’s chief lieutenant at three companies for more than 10 years, stepped down after ordering detectives to shadow former …

Bloomberg Pilots at Southwest Airlines Co, the largest operator of the beleaguered Boeing Co 737 Max, warned that the grounded plane may not resume commercial flights until as late as March. The carrier’s internal plans call for the Max to carry its first paying customers 45 to 60 days after US regulators lift a no-fly order on the plane, Greg …