Article: Diversity the `Need Of The Hour` for Islamic banks; Challenges facing Islamic finance must be tackled head-on.

M2 PRESSWIRE-10 June 2002-IIR Holdings Ltd: Diversity the `Need Of The Hour` for Islamic banks; Challenges facing Islamic finance must be tackled head-on (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Dubai, UAE - (PRN): Islamic banks are being challenged to diversify and develop new sources of revenue rather than simply competing on price against each other in a narrow range of products.

It is "the need of the hour if our industry is to grow," says Atif A.

Abdulmalik, Chief Executive Officer of the First Islamic Investment Bank, Bahrain.

Quoted in the restricted circulation Jane`s Islamic Affairs Analyst newsletter ...

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