BIBF delivers Bahrain’s first Shari’ah-based risk management qualification
The two-day course was delivered by Dr. Sami Ebrahim Al-Suwailem, Head of Financial Product Development Center at Islamic Development Bank…
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Emirates Islamic unveils new suite of MasterCard Debit Cards
Range comprises three premium cards: Titanium, Platinum and World Debit MasterCard. First debit cards to carry new Emirates Islamic…
BLME acts as co-lead manager on Islamic Development Bank Sukuk issuance
BLME, Europe's largest Islamic bank, has been selected to co-lead the Islamic Development Bank US$1.5 billion five-year Sukuk. The…
Bank Nizwa First Islamic Bank to provide in house electronic cheque clearing
Oman's leading Islamic bank, has become the first bank in the Sultanate to implement an electronic cheque clearing solution which…
Islamic finance set to expand in Arab countries
The new agreement signed by the Jeddah-based Islamic Research & Training Institute and the Alexandria-based Arab Academy for Science and…
KFH Wins Best Islamic Bank In Kuwait Award
Kuwait Finance House won three awards by Islamic Finance News, which are Best Islamic Bank in Kuwait 2013 for third…
Abu Dhabi Bank Taps Expats With Barclays Buyout: Islamic Finance
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC is seeking to bring a boom in Shariah-compliant lending to an expatriate population that dominates…
Mashreq converts conventional fund and launches Sharia’h Compliant MENA Equity Fund
Mashreq Al Islami, the Islamic banking division of Mashreq, a leading financial institution in the UAE, today continued to strengthen…
Nasdaq Dubai chief in pole position on Islamic finance
The business of Nasdaq Dubai is business. After a period when little seemed to be happening at Dubai’s international exchange,…
UK-Bahrain Islamic Finance Summit forges partnership to uncover new trade and investment opportunities in both countries.
Today the UK and Bahrain agreed a joint framework to enhance collaboration on Islamic finance at the UK-Bahrain Islamic Finance…
Islamic banks in CY13
Despite facing stiff competition from their conventional peers, full-fledged Islamic banks have been the movers and shakers of the domestic…
Middle East: Islamic Finance Flourishes
Islamic finance is going mainstream, with Western countries planning to issue their first sovereign sukuk. It still constitutes only a…