Banks should not be afraid to go further and faster in their adoption of cloud computing, according to Mohamed Gamil, chief operating officer at Islamic Bank of Britain. IBB currently has a deal with US cloud computing company Salesforce.com. Gamil sai…
The Islamic Bank of Britain has launched a pair of new home finance deals. The IBB will now offer a 2-year fixed rental rate Home Purchase Plan at 3.79% and a discounted variable rental rate HPP at 3.59%. Both plans are available to consumers with a de…
<p>Three million muslims live in Britain, and more and more of them are demanding financial products compatible with their faith. British business leaders are eager to cash in on this expanding revenue stream.David Slater and his colleagues of London and Partners, backed by the British government, are now pushing for London to become the global hub for Islamic finance and they’ll be pressing their case at the 9th World Islamic Economic Fórum which will be hosted by London in October. The U.K. already has the largest Islamic banking sector outside the Middle East and Asia. Britain has also changed its commercial and taxation laws to accommodate sharia-compliant finance. More sukuk have been issued on the London Stock Exchange than any other bourse, worth more than $34 billion.</p>
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