As appetite for sharia-compliant banking services in Indonesia grows, Alami Sharia chief executive Dima Djani speaks about how the country's Islamic banking sector differs from that of Malaysia and the Middle East.
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The Banker's Top 100 Arab Banks 2022
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Open banking comes to the Middle East
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