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Indonesia could be Asia’s next Islamic finance hub
A Bank Mandiri Syariah employee serves a customer at the Islamic lender’s Central Jakarta office. Photo: JP/file
Ann/Jakarta Post
Ann/Jakarta Post
Indonesia ended 2020 with record highs in Islamic finance development, with the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report (SGIER) 2020-2021 raising the ranking of Indonesia's Islamic finance industry to 4th from 5th, after Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The Islamic finance development indicator (IFDI) for 2020 revealed that Indonesia's rankings also rose from 4th to 2nd in Islamic finance development and from 8th to 7th in Islamic financial assets, with the latter increasing 15 percent to US$99 billion.