The Kenyan financial sector is progressively adopting Islamic banking by integrating new Islamic finance products, including loan facilities, insurance, mortgages, real estate trusts, and derivatives ...

Adel Abdyk Wahab Al-Majed, Boubyan Bank’s vice-chairman and group CEO, details the bank’s commitment to innovation, customer ...

Islamic banking is undergoing profound digital change, moving beyond traditional branch-based services to embrace ...

The modern Islamic finance industry is young but evolving rapidly, serving a growing population of Muslims as well as non-Muslims. According to the Global Islamic Finance Markets Report 2019, the ...

Tech is punching down the walls, floor joists and windows of finance all about us. But in the rebuilding how relevant is artificial and business intelligence to Islamic finance in 2023 – and beyond?

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. This marks a major milestone following last year’s announcement of Tuum’s ...

Yesterday, I read the “exposure draft” of the Bank of Ghana’s Guideline for the Regulation and Supervision of Non-Interest ...

The bank is unusual in the Kuwaiti market in having a dedicated structured finance desk able to craft and lead syndicated transactions across the region. Over the years, Boubyan, under chief executive ...

Mambu, a banking and payments platform, announced the launch of its enhanced Islamic banking capabilities, designed to enable financial institutions to “build, deploy, and scale Shari’ah-compliant ...

The award highlights Emirates Islamic’s strong value proposition for SMEs, recognising its excellence in service quality, ...

The Shariah Supervisory Board (SSB) plays a crucial role in ensuring that Islamic banking operations conform to Islamic ...

According to a recent report by The Daily Star, Bangladesh Bank has received 13 new applications for digital bank licences, including one from a local conglomerate seeking to establish an Islamic ...