The merging of two major banks in Brunei, Islamic Bank of Brunei Ltd (IBB) and the Brunei Islamic Development Bank Ltd (IDBB) is set to further strengthen the Islamic financial institutions in the oil Kingdom. A Finance Ministry announcement last week said that the merging of both the small and medium institutions is in line with the economic and banking reforms that are being implemented by regional countries and the Asian region. The merging would also enable IBB and IDBB....