Muslim Literacy in Choosing a Banking System in Indonesia Between Islamic Banks or Conventional Banks (Literasi Muslim Dalam Memilih Sistem Perbankan di Indonesia Antara Bank Syariah atau Bank Konvensional)

Syariah as Heterotopia: Responses from Muslim Women in Aceh, Indonesia

In this paper, I argue that the implementation of syariah is best understood as a heterotopia by women in Aceh, Indonesia. The current debates over the role of syariah for women in Acehnese society focus on either a secular human rights critique of non-liberal norms that restrict the rights and freedom of women or a religiously prescribed defense of communal norms that protect women and society...

Commercial Bank Non-interest Fee Charges: Are Fee Charges Different between Islamic Banks and Conventional Banks? Evidence from Bangladesh

In the Western world, consumers complain about the soaring of non-interest bank fees during the recent years, the post global financial crisis in particular. Commercial banks charge a variety of non-interest fees for their transactions. This paper empirically tests whether the free charges are significantly different between conventional commercial banks and interest free Islamic banks. The ave...

Non-performing Loans and Bank Efficiency of Conventional and Islamic Banks in Oic Countries

Corporate Governance Practices in Bangladesh: A Comparative Analysis between Conventional Banks and Islamic Banks

Corporate governance (CG) is an important effort to ensure accountability and responsibility and is a set of principles, which should be incorporated into every part of the organization. This study focused on the state of Corporate Governance (CG) in two categories of the banking industries: Conventional Banks and Islamic Banks. As Conventional Banks and Islamic Banks differ a great deal in the...

Remarks at Bank Indonesia

The representatives at this conference from inflation targeting central banks—including Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Korea, Thailand, and the United Kingdom—have provided us with a useful overview of how inflation targeting works in practice. These experiences will be very important as other countries, including Indonesia, consider inflation targeting. We have also had so...