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The Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia (IBFIM) and the Maldives Islamic Bank will sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to set up the first Islamic bank in Maldives and to develop Maldives Islamic Bank Shariah-compliant banking products. The MoA, among others, will bind both parties to co-develop Islamic finance in Maldives through extensive study of Maldives legal and banking framework to create a harmonise environment for the growth of Islamic finance.
The MoA will be sign by Maldives Islamic Bank s Chairman, Mr. Khalid Khaled Al-Aboodi and IBFIM s Chief Executive Officer, YBhg. Dato Dr. Adnan Alias and witnessed by YBhg. Dato Mohd Razif Abd Kadir, Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia and YBhg. Dato Sri Zukri Samat, Chairman of IBFIM during the Global Islamic Finance Forum (GIFF) in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysian Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz said to Bloomberg, that an international Islamic financial institution of a large size that can take international business, whether business in Europe, or South Korea or any part of the world is wanted to be seen, reported Shanthy Nambiar and Haslinda Amin on Bloomberg.