All articles by Vidhya Edwards Munnangi

Vidhya Edwards Munnangi

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.

Citigroup to shed 200 IT contractor jobs in China 

Around 100 IT contractors at the unit were informed their contracts would not be renewed, with 100 more to be notified shortly. 

DNB Bank expands tie up with Infosys to expedite IT modernisation 

The collaboration will utilise Infosys’ technological services and solutions, including the Infosys Finacle platform. 

Monzo introduces undo payments feature for bank transfers  

The default undo period is set at 15 seconds, but it can be adjusted to 10, 30, or 60 seconds based on user preference. 

US fintech firm Chime files for IPO  

The digital banking service provider has applied to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker “CHYM”.