Tag: Islamic Banking and Real Economy

Key Highlights of IFSB Report 2024

Islamic banking continues to be the largest segment of the IFSI, constituting 70.21% of the total global IFSI assets in 2023, while Sukuk outstanding and Islamic funds collectively represented 29.08%, and the Islamic insurance segment represented 0.71%. The regional distribution of global Islamic finance assets reveals a pronounced concentration in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which accounts for 52.50%.

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Islamic Finance Involvement in Supply Chain of Financed Assets

This paper is a novel attempt to analyze the involvement of Islamic financial institutions in supply chain of financed assets. It argues that since Islamic bank has to have ownership and possession of the asset besides undertaking risk of the asset in trade and lease contracts, Islamic bank has to engage more intently in supply chain than the conventional bank.

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