All articles by Vidhya Edwards Munnangi

Vidhya Edwards Munnangi

UK government concludes exit from NatWest Group  

The final disposal was carried out through a trading plan on 30 May 2025, returning the bank fully to private hands. 

NTT Docomo enters $2.9bn deal to buy SBI Sumishin Net Bank 

The bank will become a consolidated subsidiary of DOCOMO through the transaction. 

EU cautions Spain over review of BBVA’s €11bn Sabadell bid 

The warning follows Spain’s decision to subject the bid to a 30-day cabinet review.  

UAE and Azerbaijan foster financial ties  

The MoU facilitates information sharing on supervisory and regulatory practices in banking and financial infrastructure systems.  

Indonesia to cut secondary reserve requirement for banks to 4% 

This policy adjustment is set to free up Rp78.45tn ($4.84bn) in additional liquidity for the banking sector. 

Gulf Bank approves study on merger with Warba Bank 

The study follows a proposal from Warba Bank to consider the viability of combining the two entities into a single Islamic bank. 

Bank of Sydney selects Infosys Finacle to upgrade IT landscape  

Infosys Finacle will provide the bank with a suite of solutions hosted on AWS cloud in a SaaS model. 

Dutch state reduces stake in ABN AMRO to around 30% 

Following this, NLFI’s rights within the relationship agreement will be altered, although the agreement itself will continue to be in effect.  

Hometown Financial seals deal to buy CFSB Bancorp  

The transaction represents Hometown Financial Group’s eighth merger in a decade. 

MUFG enters multiyear AI partnership with Sakana AI 

Additionally, Sakana AI co-founder and COO Ren Ito has been named as AI Advisor to MUFG.