The bank did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Separately on Friday, the bank reported a 38% drop in fourth-quarter profit to $509 million.

Banks heavily reliant on capital markets have been cutting jobs due to a slowdown in dealmaking, as the economic outlook worsens with the U.S. Federal Reserve hiking interest rates.

(Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)