Posted on 03/06/2018 5:09:58 AM PST by vikingd00d
The Bank of England plans to offer a proposed sharia-compliant liquidity tool to a wider range of financial institutions beyond Islamic banks to boost demand, a senior official said on Monday. London has long sought to position itself as a global hub for Islamic finance, aiming to attract business from core centres in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
The central bank has been working on a fund-based deposit model that would help Islamic lenders meet regulatory requirements for liquid asset buffers.
But the tool will also be available to institutions whose articles of association incorporate sharia compliance, Arshadur Rahman, manager in the bank's sterling markets division, said during an industry conference at the London Stock Exchange, which was webcast.
Such institutions may include Islamic mortgage firms, Islamic insurance firms and Islamic leasing firms, although the Bank did not specify whether these would be eligible for the new tool.
Offering the product more widely would allow the Bank to "future proof" the facility by ensuring there is adequate demand, said Rahman, who is also the Bank's Islamic finance specialist.
While there is no fixed date for the launch of the facility, the bank will work on its legal documentation and risk hedging aspects this year, he added.
The facility will be based on an agency contract known as wakala and would be backed by high quality liquid assets.
Britain's death-spiral into islamic slavery continues apace.
It’s already gone.
Khan as mayor is working his world of charm, turning the upper levels into a snake den.
sharia banking is already in the USA. NONE of the banks want the normal people to know this. Charging interest (usury) is forbidden by *slamic and Jewish law. But only the *slamics have banks bowing down and kissing their a$$.
But the reality is that “interest free loans” are fake phony fraud, because an amount equivalent to the interest that humans would have paid is calculated, and added to the cost of the loan. So it is interest, but because it isn’t called that, it’s OK for the sharia crowd.
So, it’s like a discounted note?
For example, if the interest on a $1000 loan would have been $200, does the sharia borrower get $1000, but have to pay back $1200 at some future date?
The best liquidity tool is a gun. The Arabs know this instinctively.
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