NEWS in BRIEF
Saudi Arabia Plans to Issue up to US$5bn in International Sukuk in Q3 2019 says DMO Chief Riyadh – Saudi Arabia will issue between US$3 billion to US$5 billion in…
Bank Sukuk – Kuwait International Bank
Kuwait International Bank Issues Debut Sukuk as More Kuwaiti Entities Line up to Enter MarketKuwait International Bank (KIB) successfully priced a US$300 million AT1 Perpetual Tier 1 Capital Basel III…
Sovereign Domestic Sukuk – Saudi Arabia
Saudi DMO Maintains Domestic Sovereign Sukuk Issuance Momentum with Fifth Consecutive Offering as Tadawul Reduces Minimum Denomination of Domestic Government Debt InstrumentsThe Debt Management Office (DMO) of the Saudi Ministry…
Halal Payments System Providers – Malaysia and Tanzania
Souqa FinTech PayHalal and Halal Pesa Make Important Initial Inroads into the Islamic Payment Service Provider (PSP) SectorA crucial aspect of the financial services system is payments processing and the…
FinTech and Islamic Finance – Malaysia’s New Initiatives
Securities Commission Boosts Malaysia’s FinTech and Islamic Finance Credentials With New Initiatives in ECF, P2P, Property Crowdfunding Framework and Digital Asset Exchanges The connectivity between Islamic finance and FinTech took…
Corporate Green Sukuk – Majid Al Futtaim
Majid Al Futtaim Issues World’s First Corporate Benchmark Green Sukuk Under its Ambitious Green Finance Framework with More Issuances to ComeMajid Al Futtaim (MAF), a leading shopping mall, communities, retail…