It said it had sped up plans to expand its commercial unit to cover the North West region, as disruptions at Britain's larger banks, which are cutting costs and jobs, had led a number of experienced bankers to join the firm, which has its roots in 183-year-old private bank and wealth manager Arbuthnot Latham.

(Reporting by Esha Vaish and Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Alexander Smith)