Islamic banking: steady growth but challenges ahead


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Issue 997 - 17 Jul 2015 | 7 minute read

The Islamic banking and finance industry has a long history in the Gulf states. When Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) opened for business in 1976, it became the first Islamic retail bank in the world. Since then, the Gulf has been a key player in an industry that has grown dramatically in the last decade, with an asset base that has doubled in the five years to 2014, when it stood at nearly $2tr, 60% of which is located in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) region.

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