Tagged: FCB Capital

2011-09-07

Trade finance leads the line for FCB

Although FCB Capital, Kenya’s first Shari’ah compliant Islamic investment bank, has carried out a modest amount of business in its first year of operations, it has prooved that East Africa has an appetite for Islamic finance.
The bank’s results for the…

Islamic Finance

2010-09-27

East Africa catching up with Islamic finance

The perceived sustainability and attractiveness of Islamic finance as an alternative financial management model in a post global financial crisis continues to flourish in new regions and countries trying to change banking regulations and laws to facili…

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