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How are Islamic financial institutions leveraging digital tools and fintech partnerships to transform service delivery, drive innovation, and expand financial inclusion? We explore how AI, mobile apps, and tech-enabled platforms are improving efficiency and customer experience, assess the regulatory and infrastructure challenges ahead, and ask how digital innovation can offer sustainable, scalable...

Moderator: Azhar Aslam , Head Islamic Banking, Pakistan, Standard Chartered Saadiq Panelists: Dr Mufti Irshad Ahmad Aijaz , Member Shariah Board, Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Dr Mufti Muhammad Sarfaraz Nihal , Resident Shariah Board Member, Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Mufti Muhammad Abdul Mubeen , Group Head Shariah, Standard Chartered Bank, Member Shariah Board, Standard Chartered Bank P...

With key reforms underway, can Pakistan emerge as a regional hub for Islamic capital markets? We explore the strategic direction set by the Islamic Capital Market Development Committee and what it means for growth, innovation, and resilience. We ask how non-sovereign Sukuk issuance can be accelerated, and how capital markets will play a pivotal role in supporting the broader financial system conve...

In this episode, Ihsan Waqf founder and CEO Aminnurllah Mustapah discusses with IFN’s Nessreen Tamano how the foundation is transforming Islamic endowments in to productive assets, starting with unconventional projects.

Listen to IFN’s round-up of the top Islamic finance headlines around the world, from the 17th to the 23rd October 2025.

Mustafa Adil , Head of Islamic Finance, Data and Analytics, London Stock Exchange Group

Khurram Hilal , CEO Group Islamic Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

Sahibus Samahah Ustaz Haji Ahmad Fauwaz bin Dato' Ustaz Haji Fadzil , Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan (Mufti of the Federal Territories)

YB Senator Dr Zulkifli Bin Hasan , Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs)

Moderator: Dr Mufti Yousuf Sultan , Shariah Board Member, Standard Chartered Saadiq Berhad Malaysia Panelists: Dato’ Prof. Dr Aznan , Global Shariah Supervisory Committee Member, Standard Chartered Bank Dr Mohamed Ali Elgari , Global Shariah Supervisory Committee Member, Standard Chartered Bank Dr Noralizam Aliakbar , Syariah Advisory Body Member of Standard Chartered Securities (B) Sdn Bhd Brunei...

Moderator: Ahsan Ali , MD & Head, Islamic Corporate & Investment Banking, Standard Chartered Bank Panelists: Dr Mohamed Ali Elgari , Global Shariah Supervisory Committee Member, Standard Chartered Bank Dato’ Prof. Dr Aznan , Global Shariah Supervisory Committee Member, Standard Chartered Bank Mufti Muhammad Abdul Mubeen , Group Head Shariah, Standard Chartered Bank Member Shariah Board, St...

Bilal Parvaiz , CEO, Standard Chartered Saadiq Berhad Malaysia

In this episode with IFN journalist Radhika Das, Nasser Baker Al Kahtani, the executive director at AGFUND, discusses the fund’s mission to lift people out of poverty through inclusive financial systems, Islamic finance solutions and technology-driven tools for small farmers.

In this episode with IFN journalist Radhika Das, Dr Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, the chairman of the IsDB Group, highlights Sukuk as a financing instrument for development projects, the Sukuk Summit in London this month and the Arab Coordination Group’s efforts to maximize impact. 

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Laura Frigenti, CEO, Global Partnership for Education (GPE), on GPE’s mandate to tackle the growing learning crisis, finance education initiatives and advance its partnership with the IsDB Group

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Fahad Hamad Al-Sulaiti, Director General, Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD), on the role QFFD sees for the private sector in scaling impact through different financing mechanisms and the organization’s Islamic finance involvement

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Ismael Nabe, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Government of Guinea, on Guinea’s collaboration with the Arab Coordination Group, its infrastructure goals and the Simandou project

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Dr Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, Chairman, IsDB Group, on Sukuk-financed projects, the Sukuk Summit in London this month and the Arab Coordination Group’s efforts to maximize development and impact

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Dr Imed Limam, Director, Operations Department, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, on the Arab Fund’s central role in regional infrastructure development and its presence in the digital and green economies

Radhika Das, IFN Journalist, interviews Nasser Baker Al Kahtani, Executive Director, Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND), on AGFUND’s footprint in inclusive and social development and its use of digital tools to expand access to microfinance initiatives

Radhika Das , IFN Journalist, interviews Adam Knight and Nancy Chien from Bedell Cristin, on the Jersey jurisdiction’s Shariah compliant structuring appeal, its role in Sukuk and SPV innovation and rising demand from Islamic private wealth clients

Francis Nantha , IFN Investor Editor, interviews Arif Izhan Shuhaimi , Private Wealth Manager, Crewstone International on why the firm plans to offer a Shariah compliant version of its existing conventional fund

Francis Nantha , IFN Investor Editor, gets an update from Edward Chin , Vice-President, Asia Vision Capital, on developments at the firm's Quayside JBCC project in Malaysia's southern state of Johor and the Shariah funding plans

Aminah Farid , IFN Journalist, interviews Faris Lodin , Wahed Global Advisory Board and Member of Wahed Ventures Investment Committee on investor trends among Generation Z.