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Submit Press ReleaseFINTERRA - MOC BRINGS BLOCKCHAIN TO ISLAMIC FINANCE
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 (Bernama) -- The Islamic Finance / FinTech industry, the former being heavily regulated, is one that FINTERRA is targeting with the upcoming launch of its WAQF...
Islamic finance volume to hit $2.5 trillion this year
Islamic finance volume is expected to hit $2.5 trillion this year experts have predicted. This is despite the fact that last year did not prove to be much beneficial for...
The relevance of Islamic financing to Big 4 agenda
It is obvious that traditional approaches to development that afford the Government full mandate to determine priorities and manage resource mobilisation and allocation cannot guarantee the desired outcomes. For...
Blockchain is making its way into Islamic finance
Blockchain technology, an unalterable digital information recording system, is increasingly being discovered as a useful tool by Islamic finance institutions and banks for complex financing contracts and Shariah-compliant transactions, as...
‘Mainstreaming’ of Islamic finance
When talking about the mainstreaming of Islamic finance, my initial thought about it is words like ‘murabaha’, ‘shariah’, ‘takaful’ and ‘zakat’ would no longer need translation because they have become...
GMP: Islamic Finance Practice Vital To Sustainable Development Goals – Dr Umar
An Islamic finance expert and member, Shari’iah Committee of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation, Malaysia, Dr Bashir Aliyu Umar has said that Islamic finance can contribute to the achievement...
QGIRC honours Acting CFO for earning doctorate in Islamic Finance
Doha: Qatar General Insurance and Reinsurance Company (QGIRC), one of the leading insurance service providers in the country, held a ceremony honouring the Acting CFO, Deepa Chandrashekar, after receiving a...
Bank Nizwa Named ‘Strongest Islamic Retail Bank’ in Oman for the Fourth Time
Bank Nizwa, Oman’s leading Islamic bank was named ‘Strongest Islamic Retail Bank’ in the Sultanate at the Islamic Retail Banking Awards (IRBA) 2018. Organized by the UK-based financial intelligence house,...
Islamic finance hubs in GCC, Southeast Asia come closer
The fast growing global Islamic economy, estimated at a current value of $6.4tn, has become a main driver for Islamic finance institutions and other sector players to intensify their globalisation...
12 Saudi banks to pay 17.9bn riyals to settle Zakat payments
Twelve listed Saudi banks reached a 17.86 billion riyal (Dh17.5bn) settlement with the kingdom’s tax authority over the payment of religious tax called Zakat. Al Rajhi Bank, Saudi Arabia’s second-largest...
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