International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management: Volume 17 Issue 1

Predicting the intention to use Paytech services by Islamic banking users

Ana Irimia-Diéguez, Gema Albort-Morant, Maria Dolores Oliver-Alfonso, Shakir Ullah

This study aims to identify the factors that could explain the intention to use Paytech services within an Islamic banking context. The authors use an extended version of the…

Bank-specific factors, market conditions and the riskiness of Islamic and conventional banks: evidence from recent quantile approaches

Resul Aydemir, Huzeyfe Zahit Atan, Bulent Guloglu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how bank-specific factors affect the riskiness of conventional and Islamic banks in response to shocks in major financial indices as…

An analysis of spatial effects of terrorism on stock market returns in the Middle East countries

Ali Rezazadeh, Vahid Nikpey Pesyan, Azhdar Karami

Stock markets are highly sensitive to foreign and domestic events. Stock exchange markets react promptly to news and are known as an indicator of good and bad trading conditions…

Antecedents of Islamic welfare: productivity, education, and the financial aspect

Meri Indri Hapsari, Amin Hanif Mahmud, Sri Herianingrum, R. Moh Qudsi Fauzy, Siti Ngayesah Ab. Hamid, Arka Prabaswara, Lina Mawaddatul Masfiyah

The purpose of this study is to analyse, firstly, whether education, financial inclusion, financial literacy and financial planning can be antecedents that affect Islamic welfare…

The sustainability and performance of Bank Wakaf Mikro: waqf-based microfinance in Indonesia

Inka Yusgiantoro, Putra Pamungkas, Irwan Trinugroho

This study aims to empirically investigate the sustainability and performance of Bank Wakaf Mikro (hereafter called BWM), which is a waqf-based microfinance in the context of…

Prospects of Islamic capital market in Uzbekistan: issues and challenges

Alam Asadov, Ikhtiyorjon Turaboev, Ramazan Yildirim

Despite its potential as an emerging market for Islamic financial services, Uzbekistan has lagged in legislative support. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of…

Assessing the impact of external determinants on the social performance of Islamic banks

Admir Meskovic, Alija Avdukic, Emira Kozarevic

Explaining the sources of the differences in social performance among Islamic banks (IBs) is the motivation for this research. Consequently, the purpose of this paper is to…

The national-level potential of Zakat and its integration into the fiscal framework: sector-specific insights from the economy of Bangladesh

M. Kabir Hassan, M. Zakir Hossain Khan, Mohammad Ayub Miah, Md. Karimul Islam

Zakat, one of the fundamental pillars of Islam, holds the potential to significantly contribute to fiscal consolidation, particularly in developing nations. However, the…

An empirical analysis of the dynamic impact of DeFi on GCC foreign exchange forward markets: portfolio implication

Ho Thuy Tien, Nguyen Mau Ba Dang, Ngo Thai Hung

This paper aims to investigate the conditional equicorrelation and cross-quantile dependence between the DeFi, European and GCC currency markets (Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait…

Push – pull – mooring determinants of non-Muslims’ withdrawal from Islamic banking: evidence from Malaysia

Hassanudin Mohd Thas Thaker, Bawani Lelchumanan, Abdollah Ah Mand, Ahmad Khaliq

This study aims to attempt to investigate the factors that influence non-Muslims’ withdrawal behavioural intention from Islamic banking in Malaysia.

Examining the demand side factors of green banking adoption – a study exploring the case of Oman

Ubais Parayil Iqbal, Sobhith Mathew Jose, Muhammad Tahir

Commercial banks are the financial powerhouses of a nation that can create a penetrating impact at the grassroots level. This study aims to investigate the demand-side drivers of…