Long before subprime found its way into everyday conversation The Banker and Maris Strategies ran a story on corporate governance, called How to Run a Bank, which generated huge interest from readers, who rang in asking if they could buy a copy of the book. With the financial meltdown continuing its inexorable progress, The Banker’s…
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Using statistics compiled for his publication of The Banker magazine’s Top 500 Islamic Financial Institutions, this lecture is an analytical review of the trends, growth, performance, volume, profitability, and major issues of Islamic finance as an industry. An analysis of 1,105 institutions offering Shariah financial services is presented as a topology to understand the evolving…
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From his forthcoming book, Joseph DiVanna examines how banks are using a wide range of technologies to reach their customers but consistently fail to learn which banking services customers really want. Most banks simply buy technology without really understanding what is driving their customers’ behaviours. Using examples from around the world, Joe DiVanna argues that…
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Weathering the Financial Storm in the MENA Region examines why financial institutions in the Middle East and North Africa did not suffer the same fate as their European and North American counterparts during the global financial crisis (2008- 2010). To study this condition in a global context, Joseph DiVanna (an economist) and Antoine Sreih (a…
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