ZURICH, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer is confident that Credit Suisse's turnaround efforts will succeed and told broadcaster SRF Switzerland needed two big banks.

"I am of the opinion that CS will turn the corner. It is very important for Switzerland that we have two big banks for the Swiss financial centre and the Swiss business centre," he said in an interview late on Tuesday.

"And we have an interest in having a stable, strong CS again in the future. I am quite confident that this will succeed," he said.

Switzerland's second-biggest bank has raised 4 billion Swiss francs ($4.31 billion) in fresh capital and is scaling back dramatically to get back on solid ground after a series of losses and risk-management failures.

Asked if Switzerland -- which bailed out UBS during the financial crisis -- could do the same for Credit Suisse, Maurer said: "That is not a prospect at the moment and there is no reason for discussion."

Credit Suisse had acted to solve its problems, he said, adding: "You just have to leave them alone for a year or two now."

($1 = 0.9288 Swiss francs) (Reporting by Michael Shields Editing by Paul Carrel)