ISLAMIC

Digital
A Bright New Dawn
For Islamic Finance Today
By Muhammed Ikram Thowfeek
Islamic Finance Today is changing to meet the
needs of a brave new Islamic finance industry
operating in a bright new world - Muhammed Ikram
Thowfeek
The world is changing.
The financial landscape is changing.
The Islamic financial landscape is changing with it.
And now Islamic Finance Today is changing too - to
meet the altered reality of doing business today.
When Islamic Finance Today was first published
back in (2006), our vision was for a publication that
met the demands of our busy reader and we
succeeded. Some readers were chairmen and CEOs,
others were in IT, some were recent graduates and
some were old hands.
Throughout the past 10 years (2006-2016), with a
gap of 2 years, we have faithfully served the Islamic
finance industry, providing our regular mix of
insight and foresight, comment, analysis, news and
opinion.
We intend to cover the industry in the same spirited
fashion, but we also recognise that our readers want
to consume their information in a way that is more
convenient for them.
Digital devices have become a core part of all of our
lives – and we recognise that many of our readers
would like to consume Islamic Finance Today on
their mobile devices, be it a smart ‘phone or a tablet
device or both.
To make this possible, in 2017, we have developed
a state-of-the-art App for Islamic Finance Today
that will run on most handheld devices and will put
the power of information back in the hands of our
readers. The App has been designed to offer readers
the best user experience possible.
However, do not think that this is simply about
replicating the content of the Islamic Finance Today
monthly magazine in a new digital format. It is
about much, much more than that.
We have taken a leaf out of the book of some of the
world’s leading media companies and developed a
new look publication that will deliver rich content
across text, video and audio seamlessly: all of it
with a very specific focus on developments in
Islamic finance.
This means developing communities at all levels –
from students to central bank governors, auditors to
bankers, Takaful agents to Shari’ah board members
and much more besides.
The team at Islamic Finance Today has been active
in the industry for many years and the result of this
is that we know many of the major players active in
the industry. Our goal is to tap that well of knowledge
in order to produce a steady stream of
comment and insight that will act as the central
fount of knowledge about what is happening in this
remarkable industry.
We also want to encourage healthy debate, discussion
and understanding of the latest issues facing
the Islamic banking sector. Moreover, there has
never been more need for this kind of informed
interaction between leading industry players.
A change is gonna come.
“We have faithfully served the
Islamic finance industry,
providing our regular mix of
insight and foresight, comment,
analysis, news and opinion.”
Islamic Finance Today - November | December 2016
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