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Islamic finance and fintech practitioners came together on the 24th January for the inaugural meeting of the UK Islamic Fintech Panel. According to the recent Islamic Fintech Landscape report by RED money Group, the UK has the second-largest number of Islamic fintech firms at 18, second only to Malaysia which has 21 fintech firms. The…
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I’ve participated in IPOs and recently ICO’s and felt investors needed to better understand the key differences between the two especially as cryptocurrency mania sweeps the world. So let’s begin with an ICO which stands for an initial coin offering. A coin often referred to as a cryptocurrency gives the owner of that coin some…
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I’ve been “working” in technology since 1997 when as a student I landed a part-time job at our University of Calgary’s computer store (called Microstore, if I recall correctly). My working days were filled with Windows 95 troubleshooting, advising on software sales, and helping professors and fellow students configure their computers. There were no smartphones,…