About this episode

Rafe Haneef discusses the future challenges of Islamic banking in Malaysia.

Islamic banking now makes up nearly half of Malaysia’s financial system but as it matures, questions around differentiation, sustainability, and global competitiveness are coming into sharper focus. Rafe Haneef, president of the Association of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM) talks about challenges going forward maintaining Malaysia's lead in this space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Rafe Haneef

Topics covered

• Islamic banking
• financial system
• sustainability
• global competitiveness
• challenges
• AIBIM

Keywords

• Islamic banking
• Malaysia
• AIBIM
• financial institutions
• sustainability
• global competitiveness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Association of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions Malaysia

Places: Malaysia

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