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Islamic Finance to Soar with FinTech & Standardization

Posted: 25th May 2018 by
Finance Monthly
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In a report published titled "The Future Of Banking: Islamic Finance Needs Standardization And FinTech To Boost Growth," S&P Global Ratings says it believes the global Islamic finance industry will expand slowly in 2018 and 2019.

We think standardization and financial technology (fintech) could help accelerate the industry's growth in the short to medium term. In particular, standard Sharia interpretation and legal documentation could simplify sukuk issuance, while making room for innovation. Fintech, on the other hand, could stimulate growth by making transactions quicker and easier.

However, fintech could also disrupt the market. "In the medium term, we envisage some disruption in the payment services sector, an increase in the number of people using financial services, as well as greater use of regulatory technology for Sharia compliance, and blockchain to support transaction traceability and identity protection," said S&P Global Head of Islamic Finance, Dr. Mohamed Damak.

"We expect the Islamic finance industry will grow by only about 5% on average over the next two years, owing to tepid economic conditions in certain core markets," added Dr. Damak.

We foresee only a marginal influence of fintech on our Islamic bank ratings over that period. We consider that Islamic banks will be able to adapt to their changing operating environment through a combination of collaboration with fintech companies and cost-reduction measures. We also believe that regulators across the wider Islamic finance landscape will continue to protect the financial stability of their banking systems.

(Source: S&P Global)

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