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From the point of view of depositors, "Investment accounts" of Islamic banks – based on profit and loss sharing and asset-backed finance – play a similar role to the "time deposits" of conventional banks. (For example, one Islamic bank – Al Rayan Bank in the United Kingdom – talks about "Fixed Term" deposits or savings accounts). [352]
(For example, one Islamic bank—Al Rayan Bank in the UK—talks about "Fixed Term" deposits or savings accounts). [167] In both these Islamic and conventional accounts the depositor agrees to hold the deposit at the bank for a fixed amount of time. [168] In Islamic banking return is measured as "expected profit rate" rather than interest. [169 ...
Among its Islamic banking programmes is establishing "musharaka pools" for Islamic banks using its export refinance scheme. Instead of lending money to banks at a rate of 6.5% for them to lend to exporting firms at 8% (as it does for conventional banks), it uses a musharaka pool where instead of being charged 8%, firms seeking export credit are ...
In 2000 participation banks reached [clarification needed] only 2% of net assets, [citation needed] by 2010 this rate increased up to 4.3%. [citation needed] In the third quarter of 2013, the rate increased up to 6.1% with 90.7 billion TL in assets.
The industry has been praised for turning a "theory" into an industry that has grown to about $2 trillion in size; [6] [7] [8] for attracting banking users whose religious objections have kept them away from conventional banking services, [9] drawing non-Muslim bankers into the field, [2] and (according to other supporters) introducing a more stable, less risky form of finance.
In March 2019 QIB successfully priced a US$750 million 5-year Sukuk at par with a profit rate of 3.982% (equivalent to a credit spread of 150bps over US$ Mid-Swaps). The Sukuk was met with strong investor demand, as evidenced by the large orderbook, which closed at US$3.1 billion, representing an oversubscription rate of 4.1 times.
Its different annual editions have been sponsored by major financial institutions like Dubai Islamic Bank, CIMB Islamic, Commerzbank, ITS, Hong Leong Islamic Bank, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, National Commercial Bank, and others. GIFR 2014 was launched at the Global Donors Forum held at Washington, D.C., on April 13–16, 2014.
The Karachi Interbank Offered Rate (KIBOR) is a daily reference rate based on the interest rates at which banks offer to lend unsecured funds to other banks in the Karachi wholesale (or "interbank") money market. [1] The banks used it as a benchmark in their lending to corporate sector. [2]