Bloomberg Nigerian policy makers urged banks to turn on the taps and increase lending to stimulate the economy, or have access to a near-risk free way of making money choked off. The West African nation’s Monetary Policy Committee is using persuasion to get banks away from parking their cash in high-yielding government securities to divert these funds to the private …

Bloomberg Japan’s biggest banks have warned investors of a tough year ahead. The nation’s three megabanks have been relying on the healthy status of borrowers and sales of so-called cross-shareholdings for earnings as rock-bottom interest rates crimp lending profitability. Results on Wednesday showed they are losing those benefits at a time when the economy is weakening, trade tensions are escalating …

Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. won shareholder approval for its executive pay plan even after an advisory firm criticised the firm’s policy as too subjective and opaque. A resolution to approve compensation for five named executive officers received backing from 72 percent of voters, according to a preliminary tally at JPMorgan’s annual shareholders meeting in Chicago. It was the lowest …