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Indonesia sees slower Islamic banking growth in 2014
Indonesia's central bank said that the growth of Islamic banking assets will slow in 2014 due to rising pressure from trade deficits and a...
Thailand’s struggle with Islamic finance
Islamic finance has not taken off yet in Thailand despite the country's only Islamic lender, state-owned Islamic Bank of Thailand, or iBank, is trying...
Push for Islamic Finance needed in Brunei
Brunei, although it has a small banking market, is still somehow underestimating the potential of Islamic finance as incentives to set up Shariah banking...
Islamic finance goes West: How Brunei can participate
The 9th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) held in London on October 29 to 31 was the first ever such event in the non-Muslim...
Finding trust in Islamic finance
Malaysia’s emergence as the undisputed Islamic finance hub of the world is much more about developing a syncretic system based on social justice than observing all the rigours that derive from Quran teachings.
Potential abound
The Islamic Bank of Thailand is the Buddhist nation's first Shariah-compliant bank. Senior executive VP Rak Vorrakitpokatorn in an exclusive interview.
New corporate sukuk index launched
At the third Global Islamic Finance Forum held from September 18 to 20 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, news service and business data provider Bloomberg...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...