Aug
02

A New Financial Dawn: The Rise of Islamic Finance

A New Financial Dawn: The Rise of Islamic Finance

A New Financial Dawn examines the global economic crisis in the context of how western markets influence Islamic financial innovation. Joseph DiVanna, author and Managing Director of Maris Strategies, and Antoine Sreih, CEO of Europe Arab Bank, discuss how market conditions are creating a fertile seedbed for the next generation of innovation in Shariah-compliant financial…
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Feb
01

Understanding Islamic Banking: The Value Proposition That Transcends Cultures

Understanding Islamic Finance

Book Description Understanding Islamic Banking looks at the fundementals of Islamic banking to compare similarities and contrast the differences between conventional banking and the needs of Muslim finance. The book is designed for three types of readers: banking customers who want to know more abour Islamic finance, banking professionals in Islamic banks that are looking…
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Aug
12

Merchants of Fear: Why They Want Us to Be Afraid

Merchants of Fear

FEAR -It s nothing new the peddling of paranoia by governments and corporations to influence and control a society. But the extent of its use in America today and the mounting, long-term impact on American freedoms and democracy is unprecedented and chilling. This bracing exposé by best-selling historian Christopher Catherwood and economist Joseph DiVanna looks…
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Jun
21

Redefining Financial Services: The New Renaissance in Value Propositions

Redefining Financial Services: The New Renaissance in Value Propositions

Redefining Financial Services explores the fundamental redefinition of the role of financial intermediaries in the new century. Combining empirical knowledge with a historical approach, the author reveals that seven centuries of advances in technology have changed the nature of financial services very little. Examining the state of financial services today in the context of the…
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