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(For example, one Islamic bank—Al Rayan Bank in the UK—talks about "Fixed Term" deposits or savings accounts). [172] In both these Islamic and conventional accounts the depositor agrees to hold the deposit at the bank for a fixed amount of time. [173] In Islamic banking return is measured as "expected profit rate" rather than interest. [174 ...
Bai Salam (Arabic بيع سلم, more accurately transliterated as Bai us Salami) is an Islamic contract in which full payment is made in advance for specific goods (often agricultural products) to be delivered at a future date.
The FMU was headed by a Director and its reporting entities were the regulated Banking Institutions coming under the ambit of the central bank. [ 2 ] After the approval of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010, FMU was established as an autonomous government agency under the law in order to act as the Financial Intelligence Unit of Pakistan.
The Customer Identification Program is intended to enable the bank to form a reasonable belief that it knows the true identity of each customer. The CIP must include new account opening procedures that specify the identifying information that will be obtained from each customer.
KASB Bank was formerly known as Platinum Commercial Bank. [4] In 2002, Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Company Limited (KASB) acquired the bank, and the two entities merged the following year. [4] The merger led to the renaming of the bank as KASB Bank in 2003. [4] BankIslami made an initial public offering in March 2006. [5] Banks portal
United Bank Limited (UBL) is a Pakistani commercial bank headquartered in Karachi. [2] It is a subsidiary of British multinational conglomerate, Bestway Group . It is listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange and it has been designated as a domestic systemically important bank (D-SIB) by the State Bank of Pakistan .
Meezan Bank was founded as an Islamic investment bank in 1997 by Noor Financial, Pak Kuwait Investment Company, and Islamic Development Bank. [5] It was then known as Al-Meezan Investment Bank. [6] In 2000, Meezan Bank was listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange. [7] In 2002, Meezan Bank acquired Pakistan operations of Société Générale. [8]
In Islam, khums (Arabic: خُمْس) is a tax on Muslims which obligates them to pay one-fifth (20%) of their acquired wealth from the spoils of war and, according to most Muslim jurists, other specified types of income, towards various designated beneficiaries. [1]