WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Bai Salam - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bai_Salam

    e. Bai Salam (Arabic بيع سلم, more accurately transliterated as Bai us Salami) is an Islamic contract in which full payment is made in advance for specific goods (often agricultural products) to be delivered at a future date. It is necessary that the quality of the commodity intended to be purchased is fully specified leaving no ambiguity ...

  3. History of banking - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_banking

    The history of banking began with the first prototype banks, that is, the merchants of the world, who gave grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities. This was around 2000 BC in Assyria, India and Sumer. Later, in ancient Greece and during the Roman Empire, lenders based in temples gave loans, while accepting deposits ...

  4. Bahrain Islamic Bank - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain_Islamic_Bank

    Website. bisb .com. Bahrain Islamic Bank is a commercial bank based in Manama, Bahrain, founded on 7 March 1979, and started operating from the beginning of the Hijri Year 1400 (2nd of Muharram) which was the 22 November 1979. [1] [2] It is the first Islamic bank in the Kingdom of Bahrain, works under supervision of the Central Bank of Bahrain ...

  5. Usury - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usury

    Usury. Usury ( / ˈjuːʒəri /) [1] [2] is the practice of making loans that are seen as unfairly enriching the lender. The term may be used in a moral sense—condemning taking advantage of others' misfortunes—or in a legal sense, where an interest rate is charged in excess of the maximum rate that is allowed by law.

  6. Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_Islamic_Bank_of_Egypt

    Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt SAE is a "shariah-compliant" financial institution based in Egypt and headquartered in Cairo, with a market capitalization of $402 million as of September 2016. [1] [2] It is a joint-stock company and was incorporated in 1977 but started operating in 1979. [1]

  7. Sharia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia

    Sharia ( / ʃəˈriːə /; Arabic: شَرِيعَة, romanized : sharīʿah, IPA: [ʃaˈriːʕa]) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition [1] [2] [3] based on scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and hadith. [1]

  8. Bank of America - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America

    The Bank of America Corporation (often abbreviated BofA or BoA) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, with investment banking and auxiliary headquarters in Manhattan. The bank was founded by the merger of NationsBank ...

  9. First Security Islami Bank PLC - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Security_Islami_Bank_PLC

    fsiblbd .com. First Security Islami Bank PLC ( Bengali: ফার্স্ট সিকিউরিটি ইসলামী ব্যাংক পিএলসি) is a public limited bank in Bangladesh which was founded on 29 August 1999 provides sharia compliant banking. [2] Mohammed Saiful Alam, chairman of S. Alam Group of Industries, is ...