scholarly journals Need of elevating the role of shariah board and portraying them significantly on Islamic bank websites: Why and how?

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Tahreem Noor Khan

Islamic banking emerged rapidly to fulfil the financial needs of Muslim consumers, by using different viable modes of Islamic financing. These tools of financing were designed to avoid risk-free return, unjustified increase of money on money and uncertainty. To make these tool authentic, in all Islamic bank, Shariah board members are the pillar of the management structure. The presence of renowned scholars in a bank actually helps to increase the worth of a Shariah financial brand as they are the one who oversee and supervise the activities of banks. However, it is noticed that confusion and misperception exist generally about Islamic banks due to lack of devising authentic products, modes of structure and operational default.  To identify the customer perception about Shariah scholars, Online Survey was conducted. In total 92 respondents participated. With that, 14 top Islamic bank websites  (Bahrain, Lebanon, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia,  Srilanka, Indonesia, Bangladesh, UAE, Pakistan, Malaysia, Kuwait, Jordan, Eygpt, Oman) was observed to figure how they have given importance and exposure to the Shariah board members. The findings suggested that web-marketing could highlight the role of Shariah scholars so that both users and non-users of Islamic banks were able to learn more about the machinery of Islamic financial products. In addition, Shariah board scholars should consciously reconsider and review their past and present approaches so as to perform better in the future.

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdus Samad ◽  
Norman D. Gardner ◽  
Bradley J. Cook

This paper’s primary objective is to identify the relative importance of various Islamic financial products, in theory and in practice, by examining the financing records of the Bank Islam Malaysia (Berhad) and the Bahrain Islamic Bank. Currently, seven available Islamic financing products are considered viable alternatives to interest-based conventional contracts: mudarabah (trust financing), musharakah (equity financing), ijarah (lease financing), murabahah (trade financing), qard al-hassan (welfare loan), bay` bi al-thaman al-ajil (deferred payment financing), and istisna` (progressive payments). Among these financial products, mudarabah and musharakah are the most distinct. Their unique characteristics (at least in theory) make Islamic banks and Islamic financing viable alternatives to the conventional interest-based financial system. The question before us is to determine the extent of mudarabah and musharakah in Islamic financing in practice. The data are as follows: the average mudarabah is 5% of total financing, and the average musharakah is less than 3%. The combined average of mudarabah and musharakah for the two Islamic banks is less than 4% of the total finance and advances. The average qard al- hassan is about 4%, while istisna` does not yet exist in practice. Murabahah is the most popular and dominates all other modes of Islamic financing. The average use of murabahah is over 54%. When the bay` bi al-thaman al-ajil is added to the murabahah, the percentage of total financing is shown to be 2.68%. This paper also explores some possible reasons why these two Islamic banks appear to prefer murabahah to mudarabah and musharakah.


2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Rahayu Hijrah Hati ◽  
Sigit Sulistiyo Wibowo ◽  
Anya Safira

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the impacts of product knowledge, perceived quality, perceived risk and perceived value on customers’ intention to invest in Islamic Banks. This study specifically examines an Islamic bank’s term deposits. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data collected from 217 customers of an Islamic bank in Indonesia using an online survey. Findings This study highlights the central and dual roles of perceived risk as both the independent and the intervening variable that mediates the relationship between product knowledge and Muslim customer intention to invest in an Islamic bank’s term deposits. Research limitations/implications This study only investigates term deposits as one type of investment in Islamic banks. This study contributes to the literature by examining the role of product knowledge, perceived quality, perceived risk and perceived value on Muslim customer intention to invest in Islamic term deposits. Practical implications The results of this study highlight the requirement for Islamic banks to educate customers to improve the depositors’ product knowledge because Muslim customers’ risk and value perception and intention are strongly influenced by product knowledge. Originality/value The investigation of perceived risk is particularly relevant for Islamic financial products because of the inherent nature of risk sharing in Islamic finance. This study investigates the role of product knowledge in influencing the Muslim customers’ perception of risk, quality, value and their intention to invest in Islamic bank term deposits. Ideally, the profit loss sharing concept (PLS) should be applied; however, in this context, revenue sharing is applied because of Indonesia’s central bank regulation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-172
Author(s):  
Ipfa Retno Astuti

Abstract– This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of religiosity, profit sharing and service on interest in saving at the Surakarta Islamic Bank. The benefits that are expected to increase and provide knowledge related to the influence of religiosity, profit sharing and services on the interest in saving at the Surakarta Islamic Bank, can be used as material for community consideration and Islamic banking management to develop the role of Islamic banking and marketing strategies in Surakarta. The sampling technique was using purposive sampling technique. The population and sample in this study were 71 people who fit the specified criteria. The data were processed using SPSS, the tests carried out included instrument tests, classical assumption tests and multiple linear regression tests. The conclusion in this study is that religiosity has an effect on the interest in saving in Islamic banks in Surakarta. Profit sharing affects the interest in saving in Islamic banks in Surakarta. Services affect the interest in saving at a syariah bank in Surakarta.     Abstrak– Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji dan menganalisis pengaruh religiusitas, bagi hasil dan pelayanan terhadap minat menabung di Bank Syariah Surakarta. Manfaat yang diharapkan dapat menambah dan memberikan pengetahuan yang berkaitan dengan pengaruh religiusitas, bagi hasil dan pelayanan terhadap minat menabung di Bank Syariah Surakarta, dapat digunakan sebagai bahan pertimbangan masyarakat dan manajemen perbankan syariah untuk mengembangkan peranan perbankan syariah dan strategi marketing di Kota Surakarta. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Populasi dan sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah 71 orang yang sesuai dengan kriteria yang ditentukan. Data diolah menggunakan SPSS , pengujian yang dilakukan meliputi uji instrumen, uji asumsi klasik dan uji regresi linier berganda. Kesimpulan dalam penelitian ini adalah religiusitas berpengaruh terhadap minat menabung di bank syariah surakarta. Bagi hasil berpengaruh terhadap minat menabung di bank syariah surakarta. Pelayanan berpengaruh terhadap minat menabung di bank syariah surakarta.


Author(s):  
Maziyah Mazza Basya

The marketing strategy to be engaged with customer of an Islamic bank must be concerned with its ability to gain a competitive advantage and establish a strong competitive position without neglecting an Islamic business ethic. Customer engagement (CE) in Islamic bank does not take any matter of competing on product and prices, but rather in stressing quality of the services they provide appealing customers conscience. This research attempts to enhance understanding of CE related in its role to increase the quantity and loyalty of Islamic banks customers with the Islamic business ethics point of view. This is a qualitative research that develops customer engagement concept that relevant to be applied in Islamic banking by collecting some of CE theories regarding the CE approach through relationship marketing and analyze them with Islamic business ethic overview. CE in Islamic banking has to be relied with Sharia’s law. The main point of CE in Islamic banking is not only to have a good relationship with the customer and be a brotherhood, but also to reach the Islamic banking purposes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nur Rianto Al Arif ◽  
Dede Yati

There is a different characteristic between Islamic banks and conventional banks, so Islamic banks must have performance measures based on Islamic values in them. This study aims to measure the performance of Islamic banks in three countries - Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Pakistan - using the Sharia Maqashid Index. Also, this study examined whether there were differences in Sharia Maqashid Islamic bank indexes in the three countries using the one-way ANOVA test. The results of the study, in general, showed that the Al-Arafah Islamic Bank of Bangladesh received the highest score, followed by Bank of BNIS and Bank of BRIS. Besides, the results of the study also showed that there were differences in performance. This result implies that Islamic banks should use the maqashid sharia framework as a benchmark for their objective and performance indicators.========================================================================================================ABSTRAK – Perbandingan Kinerja Perbankan Syariah di Indonesia, Pakistan, dan Bangladesh: Pendekatan Indeks Maqashid Syariah. Terdapat perbedaan karakteristik antara bank syariah dan bank konvensional, sehingga ukuran kinerja bank syariah harus didasarkan pada nilai-nilai syariah yang terdapat di dalamnya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengukur kinerja bank syariah di tiga negara yaitu Bangladesh, Indonesia, dan Pakistan dengan menggunakan Sharia Maqashid Index. Selain itu, penelitian ini juga menguji apakah ada perbedaan indeks bank syariah Maqashid Syariah di tiga negara dengan menggunakan uji one-way ANOVA. Hasil penelitian secara umum menunjukkan bahwa Bank Islam Al-Arafah Bangladesh memperoleh skor tertinggi, disusul oleh Bank BNIS dan Bank BRIS. Selain itu, hasil penelitian juga menunjukkan adanya perbedaan kinerja di tiga negara tersebut. Hasil ini menyiratkan bahwa bank syariah harus menggunakan kerangka maqashid syariah sebagai tolok ukur tujuan dan indikator kinerjanya.


2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-279
Author(s):  
Pertiwi Utami

ABSTRACT Digital banking and the accountability of good zakat can increase interest in paying zakat on the benchmarking of sharia. On the other hand, technological advances such as the use of artificial intelligence make the role of human resources shifted. Even though human resources (labor) are one of the potential sources of zakat revenue. Zakat literacy and interest in paying zakat are also low in Islamic banking. The researcher did not find zakat data in statistical reports on Islamic banks nationally. It seems that it was only found in the presentation of reports about the sources and uses of private Islamic bank zakat funds. This can lead to the perception that Islamic banks do not optimally manage zakat. Through literature studies, researchers provide a solution to how zakat management can be done to increase interest in paying zakat but can still maintain the use of human resources (work). The conclusion obtained is that interest in paying zakat on Islamic banks cannot be maximally realized if it is not supported by internal efforts. Efforts that can be made are transparency of zakat reports, increased literacy, acceleration and optimization of digital management of Islamic bank zakat.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hardius Usman ◽  
Nucke Widowati Kusumo Projo ◽  
Chairy Chairy ◽  
Marissa Grace Haque

Purpose The study proposes an extended model of the technology acceptance model (TAM) by including Sharia compliance (SC), knowledge of SC and confidence in SC, in addition to perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEOU). This research aims to investigate its impact on satisfaction, applied in e-banking of Indonesian Islamic banking. Also, the authors study the role of SC, knowledge of SC and confidence in all relationships in TAM in explaining customer satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach Data collecting in this research is a self-administered survey by sending questionnaires to respondents online via e-mail or WhatsApp. The number of collected data are 300 completed questionnaires. Hypothesis testing and analyses in this research use the multiple linear regression model. Findings This study finds that SC, knowledge about SC and belief in SC have a significant impact on customer satisfaction of Islamic banks using e-banking. The most important finding in this study is that SC, knowledge about SC and belief in SC significantly moderate the relationship between PU and PEOU with customer satisfaction. Originality/value The originality of this research is exploring the role of SC, knowledge of SC and confidence in SC in all relationships, and it is expressed in the original TAM to explain customer satisfaction. This study has never been applied in previous studies, particularly studies of Islamic bank e-banking in Indonesia. This study highlights the importance of SC in the extended TAM, as a distinguishing factor between e-banking provided by Islamic banks and conventional banks, as well as the role of knowledge and confidence in SC. The authors propose policies that will be useful for the improvement of the market share of Islamic banking in Indonesia.


2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-86
Author(s):  
Abdus Samad ◽  
Norman D. Gardner ◽  
Bradley J. Cook

This paper’s primary objective is to identify the relative importance of various Islamic financial products, in theory and in practice, by examining the financing records of the Bank Islam Malaysia (Berhad) and the Bahrain Islamic Bank. Currently, seven available Islamic financing products are considered viable alternatives to interest-based conventional contracts: mudarabah (trust financing), musharakah (equity financing), ijarah (lease financing), murabahah (trade financing), qard al-hassan (welfare loan), bay` bi al-thaman al-ajil (deferred payment financing), and istisna` (progressive payments). Among these financial products, mudarabah and musharakah are the most distinct. Their unique characteristics (at least in theory) make Islamic banks and Islamic financing viable alternatives to the conventional interest-based financial system. The question before us is to determine the extent of mudarabah and musharakah in Islamic financing in practice. The data are as follows: the average mudarabah is 5% of total financing, and the average musharakah is less than 3%. The combined average of mudarabah and musharakah for the two Islamic banks is less than 4% of the total finance and advances. The average qard al- hassan is about 4%, while istisna` does not yet exist in practice. Murabahah is the most popular and dominates all other modes of Islamic financing. The average use of murabahah is over 54%. When the bay` bi al-thaman al-ajil is added to the murabahah, the percentage of total financing is shown to be 2.68%. This paper also explores some possible reasons why these two Islamic banks appear to prefer murabahah to mudarabah and musharakah.


2017 ◽  
Vol II (I) ◽  
pp. 356-363
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmed ◽  
Zia Uddin ◽  
Muhammad Iqbal

The State Bank of Pakistan introduced diversion from the individual Shariah advisory system to the Shariah board mechanism by issuing the Shariah governance framework in 2016 by making it mandatory for the Islamic banks to have an independent Shariah board. In this paper, it is examined whether the Shariah boards have any effective role in the improvement of the Shariah compliance environment of the banks or not? And how to make it more effective for the betterment of the Islamic banking industry? A questionnaire has been developed to study and inspect these issues. The results indicate that even though the role of sharia board could not be denied in the improvement of Shariah compliance in IBIs, however, the mechanism may be further strengthened. The study also suggests that Shariah board members should be involved regularly by making it obligatory on the IBIs to arrange frequent meetings of the board.


FIAT JUSTISIA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Dwi Andayani Budisetyowati

The Islamic Banking has been growing significantly in Indonesia. However, studies discussed the detail of the roles and the influences of the political parties in the parliament towards the formation and the development of the Islamic Banks had been limited. Due to this condition, this paper aims at discussing the roles and the influences of the political parties in the parliament towards the formation and the development of Islamic Banks in Indonesia. The method used to examine the above issues is by conducting desk research. Data and information collected are from the secondary sources and the empirical studies advanced in the literature. The study argued that the Islamic banking had been given a social and economic contribution to the Indonesian economy. However, support for the formation and development of this bank is still limited. For that reason, it is a must for the Government of Indonesia in general and the Bank of Indonesia in particular to support the development of Islamic bank. Also, the role of the political parties in the parliament was also considered important. Thus, much remain to be done. Keywords: Islamic Banks, Parliament, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, Formation, Development


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