Category Archives: Finance & Investment

Qatar to host 14th World Islamic Economic Forum in 2020
14/12/2019

The Forum aims to enhance the economic well-being of Islamic peoples and communities in different ...

Indonesia encourages sharia economy to boost SMEs
07/12/2019

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin discusses a wide range of topics - domestic, international, and ...

Indonesia: Social commerce startup Evermos brings Halal products into Indonesia, grabs US$8.25M Series
06/12/2019

The startup plans to use the funds to expand its presence in the digital Islamic ...

Turkey, Malaysia, Qatar can pioneer in Islamic Finance
04/12/2019

Touching on Turkey's Istanbul Finance Center project, expected to be completed in 2022, Al-Jaida expressed ...

Saudi Arabia assumes 2020 G20 Presidency
04/12/2019

The Kingdom has extended invitations to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Singapore, ...

Malaysia: CIMB Islamic provides RM100m financing for SMEs to achieve halal status
28/11/2019

HalalBizReady is part of CIMB’s refreshed SME proposition’s suite of solutions that comprises three main ...

UAE: DIEDC expands network of strategic partners in Indonesia
27/11/2019

Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC) signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with Indonesia Halal ...

Indonesia: Moderland Develop Halal Project with Barakah Taiwan Halal Hub, Local Sharia Bank
17/11/2019

The four local banks, namely PT Bank Mandiri Syariah, PT BRI Syariah, PT BNI Syariah ...

UAE: Global Launch of the State of the Islamic Economy Report 2019/20
11/11/2019

DinarStandard said halal products attracted the lion’s share of investments, accounting for 54% of deal ...

Malaysian Official Urges Making Islamic Finance Part of Halal Ecosystem
05/11/2019

"With better financing, I believe that more industry players will be encouraged to expand their ...

Malaysia: Halal start-ups, SMEs can’t fully enter global market without Islamic financing
05/11/2019

DPM Dr Wan Azizah said better financing will also give existing players a clearer direction ...

China keen to invest in Pakistan’s Halal meat industry
04/11/2019

Leader of a Chinese delegation Zhu Maa has shown interest in investing in Halal meat ...

Malaysia: CIMB Wants A Bigger Bite Of Singapore SME Banking Share
03/11/2019

China’s halal sector is expected to reach $1.9 trillion by 2021, and there is a ...

Wahed Invest Launches in Malaysia
31/10/2019

Wahed Invest announced the launch of Malaysia's first Islamic digital investment platform. ...

Brazil’s BRF to invest $120 mln in Saudi chicken processing plant
31/10/2019

The company, the largest food exporter in the Gulf region, has four production facilities in ...

Egyptian companies to invest $1b in Pakistan: report
25/10/2019

Yacoub said representatives of these Egyptian companies met with Prime Minister Imran Khan, members of ...

Malaysia: CIMB Wants A Bigger Bite Of Singapore SME Banking Share
21/10/2019

While CIMB is evaluating an application for the digital banking licenses that are up for ...

UAE: Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre tracks progress of its 2017-2020 Strategy
04/10/2019

Dinar Standard plans to launch the updated version of Salaam Gateway this October in partnership ...

Malaysia: Bank Negara deputy governor tells entrepreneurs to empower their businesses
04/10/2019

Entrepreneurs are urged to take advantage of the growing halal industry by empowering their businesses ...

Billions of dollars being invested in India for UAE food supply chain security
26/09/2019

Emaar Group plan to invest up to US $5 billion in mega food parks ...