Issues on Islamic banks’ Nostro accounts

All Islamic banks in Malaysia which involve with the international trade transaction will have to have a Nostro accounts with a conventional correspondent/agent banks in order to make payments through them. The objective of this study is to clarify the issue on the usage of Nostro accounts in con...

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Main Authors: Syed Alwi, Sharifah Faigah, Ibrahim, Uzaimah, Sawari, Mohd Fuad
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA 2013
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author Syed Alwi, Sharifah Faigah
Ibrahim, Uzaimah
Sawari, Mohd Fuad
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Ibrahim, Uzaimah
Sawari, Mohd Fuad
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description All Islamic banks in Malaysia which involve with the international trade transaction will have to have a Nostro accounts with a conventional correspondent/agent banks in order to make payments through them. The objective of this study is to clarify the issue on the usage of Nostro accounts in conventional banks by the Islamic banks where these accounts deal with riba (interest) in their daily transactions from the Shariah perspective. This study adopts the qualitative method as the main research methodology. The information on the involvement of 12 Islamic banks in Malaysia with Nostro accounts in conventional banks is gained from semi-structured interviews conducted with bankers who directly involved with international trade payments. As a result, this study discovered two main issues. First is the issue on the permissibility of the involvement of the Islamic banks with the Nostro accounts. While the second issue is the tendency of some Islamic banks leverage on the conventional parents’ banks Nostro accounts. This study analyzes these issues by determining whether they are in line with Shariah principles.
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spelling iium-633172018-04-13T00:53:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63317/ Issues on Islamic banks’ Nostro accounts Syed Alwi, Sharifah Faigah Ibrahim, Uzaimah Sawari, Mohd Fuad HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance All Islamic banks in Malaysia which involve with the international trade transaction will have to have a Nostro accounts with a conventional correspondent/agent banks in order to make payments through them. The objective of this study is to clarify the issue on the usage of Nostro accounts in conventional banks by the Islamic banks where these accounts deal with riba (interest) in their daily transactions from the Shariah perspective. This study adopts the qualitative method as the main research methodology. The information on the involvement of 12 Islamic banks in Malaysia with Nostro accounts in conventional banks is gained from semi-structured interviews conducted with bankers who directly involved with international trade payments. As a result, this study discovered two main issues. First is the issue on the permissibility of the involvement of the Islamic banks with the Nostro accounts. While the second issue is the tendency of some Islamic banks leverage on the conventional parents’ banks Nostro accounts. This study analyzes these issues by determining whether they are in line with Shariah principles. Universiti Teknologi MARA 2013-02-14 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63317/1/63317_Issues%20on%20Islamic%20Banks%E2%80%99%20Nostro%20Accounts.pdf Syed Alwi, Sharifah Faigah and Ibrahim, Uzaimah and Sawari, Mohd Fuad (2013) Issues on Islamic banks’ Nostro accounts. Terengganu International Finance and Economics Journal (TIFEJ), 3 (2). pp. 70-78. ISSN 2232-0539 http://www.myjurnal.my/public/browse-journal-view.php?id=442
spellingShingle HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance
Syed Alwi, Sharifah Faigah
Ibrahim, Uzaimah
Sawari, Mohd Fuad
Issues on Islamic banks’ Nostro accounts
title Issues on Islamic banks’ Nostro accounts
title_full Issues on Islamic banks’ Nostro accounts
title_fullStr Issues on Islamic banks’ Nostro accounts
title_full_unstemmed Issues on Islamic banks’ Nostro accounts
title_short Issues on Islamic banks’ Nostro accounts
title_sort issues on islamic banks’ nostro accounts
topic HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/63317/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/63317/1/63317_Issues%20on%20Islamic%20Banks%E2%80%99%20Nostro%20Accounts.pdf