As companies around the world beg for loans to weather the pandemic, emboldened banks are offering a fix: Ease up on the regulations.

The Federal Reserve and other regulators have granted a sweeping capital break for banks providing loans to small businesses as part of the government’s response to the coronavirus-fueled economic crisis.

Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James Gorman told staff he contracted coronavirus and has since recovered.

The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced another series of sweeping steps to provide as much as $2.3 trillion in additional aid during the coronavirus pandemic, including starting programs to aid small and mid-sized businesses as well as state and local governments.

Officials in Brussels may ask Europe’s financial industry to make a joint pledge to keep credit flowing to companies hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.

Wells Fargo & Co. is getting a break from the Federal Reserve’s order capping its assets, freeing up hundreds of billions of dollars in lending power when the U.S. economy needs it most.