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The upcoming Global Islamic Finance Forum 2016 to be held in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur from May 10 to 12 will see a special competition for financial technology, the Asean Fintech Challenge. Organised by credit card company Visa and the Association of Islamic Banking Institutions Malaysia, the challenge aims at bringing the most innovative fintech startups to compete. Here the teams have the opportunity to present their ideas to over 500 Islamic finance delegates from all over the world.

Referred to as the Bursa Malaysia Sovereign Shariah Index (BMSSI), the new Malaysian ringgit sukuk index was developed with the help of the Association of Islamic Banking Institutions Malaysia (Aibim) and will form part of Bloomberg's Islamic Finance Platform which seeks to leverage on the growing demand for information for syariah-compliant products and services.