Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), the United Arab Emirates’ biggest Shariah-compliant bank by assets, reported a 9.7 percent rise in net profit to reach 3.3 billion dirhams ($898.9 million) for the nine months ending September 30 compared to the same period last year. However, while DIB is still recording positive annual net profit growth, the rate of that growth has been plunging since it reached a 10-year high in 2014.

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has opened a public consultation process for its proposed trust law and foundation law for both the conventional and Shariah-compliant sectors.

In early October Indonesia’s central bank deputy governor said the growth of e-commerce businesses was faster than the development of regulations. The central bank is continually having to respond to developments in fintech and has restricted the services of four e-money platforms citing customer protection.

Malaysia is largely self-sufficient in poultry meat and eggs but the nation has to import most of its beef, lamb and mutton. In 2015 the country set a target of 50 percent self-sufficiency in beef by 2020. How far away from this target is it?

Increasing the beef cattle and buffalo population is key to meeting Malaysia's target of 50 percent beef self-sufficiency by 2020. However, their numbers have actually dropped between 2013 and 2015. Why is this happening?

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