1st Edition

Islamic Fintech

Edited By Sara Sánchez Fernández Copyright 2021
146 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

146 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

146 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The implementation of new technologies is expected to boost the development of Islamic Finance by increasing accessibility to banking and other financial services in Islamic communities and democratizing access to investment opportunities. At the same time, new technologies will increase financing opportunities and facilitate asset management for Sharia -compliant businesses. This collection of... Read more

Contributors

Foreword

Abbreviations

1 Role of Fintech to achieve the SDGs from an Islamic perspective

Houssem Eddine Bedoui and Wail Aaminou

2 Islamic Fintech and ESG goals: Key considerations for fulfilling Maqasid principles

Blake Goud, Tanvir A. Uddin and Bayu A. Fianto

3 Takaful and Fintech: Can Fintech save takaful? A case study

Germán Rodríguez-Moreno

4 Robo-advisory: An opportunity for innovation inn Sharia-compliant markets

Pablo Soler Bach

5 Telemedicine and e-health in the Middle East

Sarmad R. Ahmad

6 Is a cryptocurrency a currency or a product/commodity? The case of bitcoin

Kaleem Alam

7 DLT and capital-raising in Islamic Finance

Sara Sánchez Fernández

8 The role of Islamic crowdfunding in the new economy

Umar Munshi

9 Crowdfunding in Spain under Sharia rules

Antonio Gabriel Aguilera

10 Anti-money laundering from the Islamic perspective in the digital era

Gonzalo Rodríguez Marín

Biography

Sara Sánchez Fernández is Assistant Professor at IE Law School, IE University (Spain). She specializes in capital markets law from a cross-border perspective, as well as in Islamic Finance. Sara holds a PhD in Private International Law from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).