Newswrap: Islamic finance

Newswrap: Islamic finance

 

Taliban to replace conventional banking system with Islamic banking

The Central Bank of Afghanistan has established a committee to review and amend the Central Bank Law and the Banking Law of Afghanistan, reported The Jurist. The seven-member committee is to amend the legal framework of the central bank with a Sharia-compliant framework and end the conventional banking sector. It is not clear when this transition may happen.