Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-171) and index.

A short history of Islamic finance -- The schools of thought -- The similiarities to medieval Christian banking -- The variations and divergence from a common root -- Global banking and Islamic values -- Informal systems of exchange -- Emerging Islamic financial products -- Islamic mortgages -- Islamic credit card and debit cards -- Fatwas in the twenty-first century -- Global variations -- United Kingdom: Islamic Bank of Britain -- Pakistan: first women bank -- Iran: Bank Refah, Tejarat, Saderat, Sepah and Keshavarzi -- Bangeladesh: Islami Banck Bangeladesh Limited -- Malaysia: AmBank Group -- the Islamic banking value proposition -- Islamic knowledge capital -- Innovations, traditional values, value propositions -- The human capital agenda -- SMEs: Funding working capital needs -- The look ahead -- The development of Sharia standards -- Regulation and compliance -- Islamic Monetary Union -- Electronic money -- the relativity of value -- We are at the first step on a long journey -- Eventually we are all bound totalk about technology -- Think global, act regional, and look local.