Middle east bank and their challenge operation in Malaysia: a case study on Kuwait finance house Malaysia Berhad

Shuib, M.S. and Sulaiman, A.A. and Mohamad, M.T. (2011) Middle east bank and their challenge operation in Malaysia: a case study on Kuwait finance house Malaysia Berhad. African Journal of Business Management, 5 (11). pp. 4000-4006. ISSN 1993-8233,

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Abstract

This research attempts to understand the history of first foreign Islamic bank that operate in Malaysia.The bank was Kuwait Finance House Malaysia Berhad (KFHMB). The focus is on how KFHMB implement musharakah mutanaqisah concept for home financing product. This paper will discus on how this syariah concept run on Islamic home financing product,their advantages, issues and challenges that was face by KFHMB. This research also focuses on determining Musharakah Mutanaqisah itself. This research shows that home financing through musharakah mutanaqisah is a new product in Malaysia, offered from 2005 by KFHMB. Musharakah Mutanaqisah was a hybrid contract and created by some element like ijarah, al-bay‘, musharakah. This research also shows that this respondent banks offer the product with their own style in certain part in the same time related with Malaysia buying and selling house tradition. This situation affected institutions from different background and how they run their product. This study also proposes how KFHMB solve the issues and challenges from product offering.

Item Type:	Article
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Islamic banking; Kuwait finance house Malaysia Berhad; Musharakah mutanaqisah; Home financing
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance H Social Sciences > HG Finance > Foreign exchange. International finance.
Divisions:	Academy of Islamic Studies > Dept of Syariah & Economics
Depositing User:	Ms. Norhamizah Tamizi
Date Deposited:	17 Apr 2014 02:37
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2014 02:37
URI:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/9619

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