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Business Knowledge for IT in Islamic Finance

last updated: 19 May 2009
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Business Knowledge for IT in Islamic Finance deals with the convergence of business and IT in the Islamic finance industry and is designed to provide the platform for IT professionals to exploit the future demand for talent in this industry.
The chapters in this book contain information on the fundamentals of Islamic finance, the features that sets the Islamic finance industry apart from the mainstream finance industry, a number of the prohibitions and business ethics in Islamic Finance , overview of business transactions and the legal process underpinning these transactions; major players in the Islamic Finance world; and, major systems from notable vendors used for lending, financing , capital markets transactions and insurance in the Islamic finance space.



Chapter 3 discusses Islamic banking; its principles and how it works. Chapter 4 discusses Islamic Insurance (Takaful) and the reinsurance (Retakaful) subsectors of the Islamic finance  industry.



Chapter 5 discusses Islamic leasing (Ijarah) and includes topics such as the types of leasing arrangements and implementation issues in Ijarah financing.



Islamic Securitisation is discussed in Chapter 6 while recent trends in the Islamic finance  sector are the subject of discussion in Chapter 7.



In Chapter 8, Financing practices in Islamic Finance  such as working capital finance, mortgages and trade finance are discussed.



The IT–specific section of the book is contained in Chapters 9 and 10. Chapter 9 discusses the common systems used in Islamic finance; a discussion on the IT situation in Islamic Finance  is also included. IT projects that can be executed in the Islamic Finance  industry are discussed in Chapter 10.

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