"Waqf is one of the most potent socio-economic tools for reducing public sector deficit and break the chain of intergenerational poverty. Providing a high-level discussion on waqf development and innovation within the context of the modern socio-economic and legal developments, this book...

The banking and financial landscape has been inundated with technology over the last decade, with FinTech, InsurTech and RegTech being just some of the new applications within finance. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), FinTech is yet to ­find its feet despite several digital transformation...

Chapter 1: Islamic Finance, FinTech and the Road to Sustainability – Reframing the Approach in the Post-Pandemic Era: An Introduction -- Part I: Re-Framing Islamic Finance Sustainabilit and Socio-Economic Development -- Chapter 2: Islamic Finance and Sustainability: The Need to Reframe Notions...

1. Introduction: FinTech and Islamic Finance in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); Nafis Alam and Syed Nazim Ali -- 2. A Critical Analysis of Bitcoin from an Islamic Legal Perspective; Farrukh Habib -- 3. Combining Islamic Equity Portfolios and Digital Currencies: Evidence from Portfolio...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the academic polemics, stakeholder perceptions and publishing prospects for Islamic economics and finance (IEF) research. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopts both quantitative and qualitative methods with a view to understanding the...

Contemporary Islamic Finance is seen by many as operating in the ‘push' mode, with incumbent players pushing their version of products in the market, rather than working in a ‘pull' mode, where society's requirements would drive industry evolution. The Islamic finance industry has been...