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Islamic Banking is growing at a rapid speed and has showed unprecedented growth and expansion in last two decades in spite of mismatching of existing financial framework and business practices. By the end of 2012 volume of assets under Islamic finance has reached to US $ 1,460 Billion with...
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Islamic banking would contribute to the emergence of a just and growing economy by enabling small enterprises to obtain finance on participatory basis in which a collateral is not necessary. This is in sharp contrast with the conventional banking which insists on tangible collaterals,...
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This paper explores whether the impact of economic uncertainty on credit growth differs for Islamic vs. conventional banks. Using a sample of 416 banks (58 Islamic and 358 conventional) in 12 countries, the findings indicate that an increase in economic uncertainty significantly decreases the...
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of institutions ranging from a central bank to commercial banks and to specialized agencies to provide for special …
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, namely Meezan Bank limited &Albaraka Bank, and two conventional Banks, Soneri and My Bank. This selection was made because of … development; efficiency and solvency ratios. The hypothesis is generated to rank the financial health of each bank. The second …
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affective commitment from conventional bank employees and sharia bank employees' is identical. On the other hand, continuance … commitment and normative commitment from conventional bank employees is higher than continuance commitment and normative … commitment from sharia bank employees …
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This paper gives an idea about the sources of Islamic law, types of Islamic financial contracts, and the effect of Islamic schools of thought on the Islamic financial industry. Also, it shades a light on Islamic banks philosophy
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The main purpose of this study is to examine the (relative) efficiency of the full-fledged Islamic banks compared to standalone Islamic banking branches of conventional banks (CBs) operating in Pakistan over the period 2007-2012. The Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is employed under CRS and VRS...
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The purpose of this research study is to find the difference between the performance of Islamic and conventional banks of Pakistan. Banks play a vital role in the economic development of the country. Islamic banks follow the Islamic laws for the banking system and conventional banks follow the...
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across countries, which could explain the plurality in conclusions in the Islamic/conventional bank efficiency debate. We … find that the alignment between the two bank types is positively related to the country's financial depth, transparency …, economic stability and banking concentration. At the bank level, the alignment in the two banking systems is associated with …
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