We examine the effects of physiology and spiritual sentiment on economic decision-making in the context of Ramadan, an entire lunar month of daily fasting and increased spiritual reflection in the Muslim faith. Using an administrative data set of bank loans originated in Turkey during 2003-2013,...

The purpose of this study is to identify the key determinant of the bank selection decision by Sudanese banks' customers. The motivation for this paper is the lack of research that empirically studied bank selection criteria that influence customers' selection decisions on banking services in...

This paper attempts to investigate the importance of Shariah compliance compared to other criteria that influence the selection of Islamic banks in Sudan, a total Islamic banking system in which the “Islamic” variable is supposed to be constant. Primary data collected by self-administered...

This paper designs a conceptual model of Islamic microfinance and rehabilitation by using the waqf funds for the slum and floating population. It analyzes both the primary and the secondary data on the current status of Islamic microfinance coverage (in thirteen countries), waqf estates (in...

In the development of industrial revolution 4.0, sharia financial institutions keep improving their product innovation through the use of financial technology (fintech). Through development and innovation, society is expected to keep up to date with the current financial services. This research...

This paper examines the impact of market competition on the stability of Islamic and conventional banks in countries where these banks operate alongside one another. To investigate this issue, we use a sample of 100 Islamic and 390 conventional banks from 19 countries. Our baseline result shows...

What made finance develop in the West but not in China? We argue that long before modern finance, China chose to rely on the kinship-based Confucian clan, whereas the West chose the corporate entity combined with impersonal instruments, to deal with the challenges of interpersonal risk sharing...

This paper explores the effect of country-level religiosity on corruption in bank lending at the firm level. Using data from the World Business Environment Survey, we find strong and robust evidence that firms in more religious countries perceive a higher level of corruption in bank lending than...

For a long time, microfinance was considered an appropriate tool to accomplish social and financial goals simultaneously. Over time microfinance has become more commercialized, transforming into a financially efficient industry, allowing more customers to have access to more sophisticated...

The purpose of this study is to analyze and evaluate the conventional and Islamic banking in Pakistan. For this study, sample of 19 conventional banks and 5 Islamic banks were selected. Camels approach is being used to evaluate the performance of both the conventional and Islamic banks. Ten...