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IPIEF Lecturer received an Honorary Doctorate on Fractional Reserve Banking applied in Islamic Banks

January 15, 2018, oleh: superadmin

Yogyakarta—Doctoral dissertation entitled “The Effect of Fractional Reserve Banking and Financial Variables on Banking Performance and Soundness in Indonesia” has successfully been defended in front of the examiners by Dr. Ayif Fathurrahman, SE., SEI., M.Si. on Monday (8/1). “The major motivation of this dissertation is to examine the existing system, namely fractional reserve banking, which

Strengthening the Resilience of Islamic Finance in the Midst of VUCA World

December 29, 2017, oleh: superadmin

Yogyakarta—Having been designed to enhance the development of Islamic Finance, International Program for Islamic Economic and Finance (IPIEF) is always seeking to adequately address the current situation in Islamic economics. A great deal of efforts initiated by IPIEF, among other things, was hosting Islamic Finance Outlook 2018 on Thursday (28/12), which aims to foresee what

IESTAC held Social Programme for Charity in Kulon Progo

December 19, 2017, oleh: superadmin

Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta—Recently, some households living in Kulon Progo, one regency of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY), have been hit by the severe flood that result in a serious damage of their homes and some public facilities and hence have only a poor access to the basic needs. Of the social activities to help those affected

Baitul Māl wa at-Tamwīl as the Biggest Islamic Microfinance Model in the World

December 15, 2017, oleh: superadmin

Yogyakarta—When talking about Islamic finance today, the vast majority of Moslems particularly Indonesian might only consider Islamic banking as the financial institution that can represent the whole system. In fact, there are rapidly growing institutions providing financial services to people who are in the low-middle class income based on Islamic contracts (akad), well known as Baitul

IPIEF student selected to be Indonesian Delegate to Asia Pacific Future Leader Conference 2017

December 12, 2017, oleh: superadmin

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia—Complete dedication and untiring perseverance have played a substantial role in the success of Nun Maziyyah, IPIEF student batch 2016, who was recently appointed to be one of Indonesian delegates to participate in a highly prestigious event, known as Asia Pacific Future Leader Conference 2017: The Next Leaders for Sustainable Development Goals. That

IPIEF FEB UMY Strengthened Collaborations with Islamic Universities in Makassar

December 7, 2017, oleh: superadmin

Makassar—In recent years, IPIEF has collaborated closely with domestic and international universities on the academic agendas. Earlier this month, Director of IPIEF, Dimas Bagus Wiranatakusuma M.Ec has visited two Islamic universities in Makassar, South Sulawesi on Tuesday (5/12), both were Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar (well known as UNISMUH) and Universitas Muslim Indonesia (UMI) to exchange the