Muslim-majority countries do not use formal financial services (Honohon 2007).1 Even when financial services are available, some people view conventional products as incompatible with the financial principles set forth in Islamic law. In recent years, some microfinance institutions (MFIs) have stepped in to service low-income Muslim clients who demand products consistent with Islamic financial ...

BACKGROUND Kaiser Permanente Colorado has been responding to the financial challenges of its members by providing a medical financial assistance (MFA) program since 1992. However, there have been no evaluations of the effect of this program on members' use of health services or their health outcomes. METHODS A prospective cohort study of 308 MFA program members who were enrolled between May 1...

in recent years, information technology has highly affected the banking industry and the distribution channels of banking services toward self-servicing alternatives. at the present time, many banks and financial institutions are actively developing new electronic products for their customers but since customers don’t adopt and use the services, they can not profit from these new services. the ...

Singapore is depicted to be the fastest growing telecommunications nation in Asia. Presently, all the members of the Singapore banking industry have engaged in the use of Information and Communication Technology as a platform for effective and efficient means of conducting financial transactions. This paper focuses on determining the level of users’ acceptance of the electronic banking services...

There is no such thing as a ‘World Wide Bank’ managing the central database of all possible financial activities. Such a concept makes neither technical nor business sense. Each player in the financial industry, each bank, stock exchange, government agency, or insurance company operates its own financial information system or systems. By its very nature, financial information, like the money th...

I. Introduction inancial intermediation and financial services industries have undergone many changes in the past two decades due to deregulation, technological advances and globalization. The changes included consolidation within and across markets, greater cross-border financial services provision, the emergence of new financial products and alternative wholesale markets and trading systems, ...