by Ekrem Duman | Jun 26, 2026 | Finance, Islamic Finance
Mudarabah is a profit-sharing structure in Islamic finance where one party provides capital and another party manages the business, project, or investment activity. The capital provider is commonly called the rabb al-mal, while the manager or entrepreneur is called...
by Ekrem Duman | Jun 26, 2026 | Finance, Islamic Finance
Murabaha is a cost-plus sale structure used in Islamic finance. In a business context, it usually means that a bank or financier purchases an asset requested by a customer and then sells that asset to the customer at a disclosed markup. The customer pays the agreed...
by Ekrem Duman | Jun 26, 2026 | Finance, Islamic Finance
Islamic banking vs conventional banking is one of the most important comparisons for business owners who want to understand how Shariah-compliant finance differs from interest-based financial services. At first glance, both systems may appear to provide similar...
by Ekrem Duman | Jun 26, 2026 | Finance, Islamic Finance
Interest-free banking is a banking model that avoids conventional interest-based lending and uses Shariah-compliant contracts such as sale, lease, partnership, agency, and investment structures. For businesses, the phrase can sound simple, but the actual system is...
by Ekrem Duman | Jun 26, 2026 | Finance, Islamic Finance
Islamic finance is a financial system built around ethical trade, asset-backed transactions, shared risk, and the avoidance of interest-based lending. For businesses, it is not simply a religious alternative to conventional finance. It is a practical framework for...
by Olivia Bennett | Jun 25, 2026 | Finance
Summary: 2026 Fed Stress Test Insights What is the main takeaway from the 2026 Stress Test? The 2026 Federal Reserve Stress Test reveals that while 32 of the largest U.S. banks remain robustly capitalized, they face a projected $685 billion in total losses under a...