KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia and Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) are working closer together to enhance their supervision of banks and insurance/takaful/reinsurance companies in both countries. Bank Negara and...
KUALA LUMPUR: BIMB Holdings Bhd (BHB) has appointed veteran banker Mohd Muazzam Mohamed as chief executive officer of both BHB and its unit Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd, with immediate effect. The banking group...
The newly released Islamic Finance Development Report 2018, compiled by Thomson Reuters and the Islamic Corp for the Development of the Private Sector, shows buoyant figures for the Islamic finance...
The Saudi-based Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) has penned an agreement with a Tunis-based fintech company to develop blockchain solutions for Islamic banks, it has...
Bahrain is urging Islamic banks to embrace financial technology (FinTech) to grow their business by catering to unbanked populations as the kingdom seeks to position itself as a regional financial...
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei Darussalam’s Islamic finance sector showed significant growth last year, recording a three percent increase in Islamic banking assets from 2016. A statement issued by the...
SENATOR Sherwin T. Gatchalian has filed a bill seeking to establish a regulatory framework for the development of Islamic banks in the Philippines. Senate Bill No. 2105 filed on Nov....
While sharia banks are currently struggling to expand in the market, which is dominated by conventional banks, a senior executive at a leading sharia bank has predicted that the two banking systems will...
The outlook for the Islamic finance market is promising with the UAE and other GCC leading the market, analysts said on Wednesday. According to industry analysts, total Islamic finance assets...
FROM modest beginnings nearly three decades ago, the global sukuk market has grown by leaps and bounds. One of the first modern sukuk issuances was a RM125 million (about US$30...
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