Ithmaar announces key appointments
Ithmaar Bank, a Bahrain-based licensed Islamic retail lender, has announced a major revamp in the organisation with the appointment of…
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Al Baraka Islamic Bank launches key survey
Al Baraka Islamic Bank, a subsidiary of Al Baraka Banking Group, announced it has begun a customer satisfaction survey. Being…
SocGen Avoiding Goldman Missteps With $300m Sukuk Plan
Goldman Sachs tried to follow HSBC in late 2011 with a $2 billion sukuk programme, but Islamic scholars and analysts…
Islamic finance may reconstruct MidEast
President of the Global University for Islamic Finance Daud Vicary Abdullah has said, "I don't think [the crisis] will make…
Islamaphobia prevents Islamic finance expansion
Mohamed Ariff, Professor of Finance at Australia’s Bond University, has said Islamic banking was expanding slowly in the world because…
Standard Chartered appoints Chairman for Islamic banking
Christos Papadopoulos, currently the Bank’s Regional CEO, Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan, will take on additional responsibility for the…
Islamic footprints – making strides
Newly appointed CEO of Dubai Islamic Bank Dr. Adnan Chilwan shares his views with BME on DIB 's pioneering and…
UAE's Al Hilal Bank Expects 40% Net Profit Growth
Abu Dhabi government-owned Al Hilal Bank expects net profit growth of over 40 percent this year as it prepares to…
UK and UAE complement each other on Islamic finance
Islamic finance has already made its presence felt in the UK. On her visit to the UAE to promote…
UK and UAE complement each other on Islamic finance
On her visit to the UAE to promote London as a hub for Islamic finance, Senior Minister of State at…
More Sukuk Offerings Expected: Dubai Chamber of Commerce
More sukuk issuances are in the offing amid the rapid economic growth being witnessed in the UAE, according to a…
Al Hilal Bank becomes the only Islamic bank in the UAE to be rated A1 by Moody’s & A+ by Fitch
Al Hilal Bank has announced that it has been awarded an A1 rating by Moody’s and an A+ by Fitch,…