The American University of Sharjah Fall 11 08 Fall Ghada AL Ghazali ID: 37506‚ Professor: George Naufal The Main concept of Islamic banking vs. conventional banking systems Introduction Islamic finance is one of the fastest growing sectors of the global financial industry. It has become essential in some countries and very relevant in others. Many factors have influenced to the rapid growth of Islamic finance‚ including: (i) high demand in many Islamic countries; (ii) growing
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Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 433–447 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Banking & Finance journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jbf Islamic vs. conventional banking: Business model‚ efficiency and stability Thorsten Beck a‚⇑‚ Asli Demirgüç-Kunt b‚ Ouarda Merrouche c a CentER‚ Department of Economics‚ Tilburg University and CEPR‚ The Netherlands World Bank‚ Development Research Group‚ United States c European Securities and Markets Authority
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BANKING AWARENESS 1. On the recommendation of which committee was NABARD established? (a) Shivraman (b) Rangarajan (c) Malegam (d) Vijay Kelkar 2. ‘Swabhiman’‚ the financial inclusion scheme‚ comes under the purview of which ministry? (a) Ministry of Commerce (b) Ministry of Home Affairs (c) Ministry of Finance (d) Ministry of External Affairs 3. RBI was established on ___________. (a) April 1‚ 1925 (b) April 1‚ 1935 (c) April 1‚ 1945 (d) April 1‚ 1955
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Published: June 30‚ 2012 Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Nigeria: An Analysis of the Endogenous Effects Okon J. Umoh‚ 2Augustine O. Jacob and 1Chuku A. Chuku 1 Department of Economics‚ University of Uyo‚ Uyo‚ Nigeria 2 Heritage Polytechnic‚ Eket Akwa Ibom State‚ Nigeria Abstract: This research endeavour set out to empirically investigate the relationship between foreign direct investment and economic growth in Nigeria between 1970 and 2008. The paper makes the proposition that there is
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Health Care in U.S. and Nigeria Carlyn Ryland Dr. James Johnson HSC 507 Health Systems May 15‚ 2010 I. Introduction: Description and location of Nigeria Nigeria is located in the horn of Africa‚ bordered by the countries of Niger in the north‚ Chad in the northwest‚ Cameroon in the east‚ and Benin in the west. The Gulf of Guinea completes the southern border of Nigeria‚ which is part of the Atlantic Ocean that gives the country 853 km of coastline. Nigeria composes a land mass
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An Executive Development Program on ’Green Banking Initiative: Opportunities for Bangladesh’ was organized by Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) on September 28‚2010 at the Mohammad Younus Auditorium of Islami Bank Tower in the city. Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan‚ Managing Director of the Bank‚ Prof Dr Bandana Saha‚ Director General of Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) was present in the program as Chief Guest. The key discussion was presented by Dr Shah Md Ahsan Habib‚ Associate
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the Islamic value (haram) On the other hand‚ conventional banking is essentially based on the debtor-creditor relationship between the depositors and the bank on one hand‚ and between the borrowers and the bank on the other. Interest is considered to be the price of credit‚ reflecting the opportunity cost of money. Islamic law considers a loan to be given or taken‚ free of charge‚ to meet any contingency. Thus in Islamic Banking‚ the creditor should not take advantage of the borrower. When
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INTRODUCTION & HISTORY OF BANKING BANKING [pic] Introduction India cannot have a healthy economy without a sound and effective banking system. The banking system should be hassle free and able to meet the new challenges posed by technology and other factors‚ both internal and external. In the past three decades‚ India’s banking system has earned several outstanding achievements to its credit. The most striking is its
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Nigeria of my dream I have a dream that Nigeria will be a country where everyone will speak in one voice despite the ethnicity. I have a dream that Nigeria will be corruption free‚ violent free and absent of wastage of resources and human. I have a dream that Nigeria will be rule by Mentors rather than tormentors and also where the youth will take charge of the government. I have a dream that Nigeria will be a nation where jobs and investment will seek for people not the people seeking
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The ethics of a company can be measured by different theories. Some of these theories can be used to measure Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (Shell Nigeria). The first ethical measure discussed is utilitarian reasoning‚ also referred to as cost-benefit analysis‚ which compares the costs and benefits of a decision. Secondly for the human rights theory‚ were the rights of the stakeholders respected? Third‚ the ethical theory of justice is measured by whether the benefits and costs
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