Olaniwun Ajayi's Islamic Finance Insight Report 2026 on Nigeria's non-interest finance sector, plus NAICOM's takaful rules and West Africa's new frameworks.

S&P Global Ratings expects Islamic finance growth to slow to 5% to 10% in 2026 from 10.2% in 2025, citing the Middle East war. Key figures and outlook.

Mordor Intelligence sizes Islamic finance at $5.10trn in 2026, rising to $8.46trn by 2031 (10.7% CAGR). Segment shares and how it compares with ICD-LSEG.

Bank Al-Maghrib and the CBUAE signed two MoUs on 3 October 2026 covering supervision, Islamic finance, payment links, CBDCs and virtual assets.

Meezan Bank approved PKR 49bn (about $177m) for 6,880 homes under Pakistan's Apna Ghar programme using diminishing musharakah. Key figures and next steps.

Sri Lanka's Islamic finance industry crossed $1 billion in assets in 1H 2026, led by Amana Bank and conventional bank Islamic windows, per Fitch.

The ICD-LSEG Islamic Finance Development Report 2026 puts global Islamic finance assets at $6.5 trillion in 2025, up 9%, heading past $10.5 trillion by 2030.

The IsDB Group launched a 2026 to 2030 partnership strategy for Indonesia on 8 October 2026 with an indicative $2.56bn for infrastructure and skills.

Learn Islamic teachings on halal income, zakat calculation, business ethics, savings, investments, and halal/haram financial decisions.

The Central Bank of Uzbekistan granted Open Bank licence No. 1-I on 23 October 2026, the country's first Islamic banking licence under a new law.

View 8 Shariah methods on a single page, compare results, review a unique human rights risk score, and make confident halal investment decisions with clear Islamic finance criteria.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 (Bernama) — Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) wants Islamic financial institutions to play a greater role in financing the country’s next phase of economic transformation, an aspiration that would be reflected in the financial sector blueprint planned in 2027. Speaking to Bernama, governor Datuk Seri Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour said the blueprint would focus on scaling the impact of Islamic finance, accelerating innovation, strengthening the financial ecosystem and expanding Malaysia’s international linkages. “Islamic finance must play a central role in supporting Malaysia’s economic transformation. This includes mobilising capital and delivering solutions for strategic growth areas such as the […]