Dubai: Islamic mortgages are becoming increasingly popular among non-Muslims. Although there is often no clear distinction whether they are a cheaper alternative to traditional property loans, ...
MANAMA (Reuters) - The Islamic finance industry has grown rapidly as more of the world's 1.2 billion Muslims seek investments that comply with their religious beliefs. A tripling of oil prices in the ...
Maybank through its Islamic Banking arm, Maybank Islamic Berhad recently launched the Shariah-compliant portfolio financing solution, “making it the first Islamic bank in the country to do so, adding ...
1. There has been an increase in Islamic housing finance products across Islamic compliant banks, a move that has prompted conventional banks to offer such products. What is behind this trend? We are ...
) (Reuters) - Islamic finance has grown to a $1 trillion industry, after taking off in the private sector in Gulf states such as Dubai in the 1970s. The sharia-law-compliant system, which prohibits ...
There are only a few truly global banking institutions that provide a full range of sophisticated shariah-compliant advice, products and services. HSBC leads this select group, making it Euromoney’s ...
30 May 2010 Saudi and Qatar top Islamic loans list, followed by UAE. Islamic loan volume exceeded $5.66 billion (Dh20.78bn) in Saudi Arabia during the May 2009 to May 2010 period, according to ...
ISLAMABAD: A joint re­­port from the World Bank and the Islamic Develop­m­­ent Bank (IsDB) has ide­ntified both opportunities and challenges in developing the Islamic sustainable finance market. The ...