Sustainability - Sustainable / Circular Economy
7th CEOs and Islamic Finance Leaders Roundtable on Qatar’s Economic Growth Post-World Cup: Role of Banks and Islamic Financial Institutions
The 7th CEOs and Islamic Finance Leaders Roundtable will assist in gathering firsthand information from decision-makers and leaders of Islamic finance and provide a platform to discuss Qatari banking and financial institution roles and opportunities in the Qatar Islamic Sukuk Hub, the Qatar Fintech Strategy, and the Qatar National Climate Action Plan.
Aligning Sustainability Integration, Digitalization and Inclusivity for Green, Sustainable Recovery
This article provides a roadmap for sustainable recovery that can aid policymakers in implementing sustainable recovery and improving the well-being of people. The roadmap will prioritize three areas of action: sustainabi- lity, digitalization, and inclusivity. This article emphasizes the involvement of the private sector and innovative financing solutions (including Islamic finance) in meeting the financing gap for investment in relevant infras- tructure for all three pillars.
Islamic Finance, Fintech, and the Road to Sustainability
The recent unprecedented economic downturn and global supply chain disruption by the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the urgency for sustainable financing infrastructure that is agile, adaptable, and transformable. Sustainability and the 4th Industrial Revolution are about more than just technology-driven change; it is an opportunity to help everyone, including leaders, policymakers and people from all income groups and nations, to navigate industry disruptions and transitioning to a new normal by harnessing converging technologies in order to create an inclusive, human-centered future.
Fintech, Digitalization, and Blockchain in Islamic Finance: Retrospective Investigation
The increasing interest in Fintech, Blockchain, and Digitalization in Islamic Finance created a new area in the literature, requiring a systematic review of these academic publications. The scope of the analysis is limited to journal articles to understand the trends in the indexed journals. Results are categorized into three sections, Islamic banks’ digitalization, Blockchain and Crypto Assets research, and Islamic non-bank financial institutions’ digitalization.
Fintech Strategies of Islamic Banks: A Global Empirical Analysis
As new digitalization strategies storm the banking industry, banks which are behind the technological curve may struggle to keep pace. This is a well-known challenge in the Islamic banking sector in particular; however, this research shows that little is being done in order to achieve unified digitalization in operations. The 2020 Global Islamic Bankers Survey (GIBS) from CIBAFI sought opinions and data from 101 Islamic banks, which outlined both their institutions’ adoption of financial technology and their awareness of existing technologies.