Kuwait Finance House–Bahrain (KFH-B) was the Gold Strategic Partner of the 18th World Islamic Banking Conference.
More than 1,000 industry leaders, senior decision-makers and key regulators from over 50 countries attended the WIBC 2011.
While the global financial crisis had put a hold on economic growth and also forced leading players in the international Islamic finance industry to re-think key strategies, today’s changing landscape promises new opportunities and the arrival of the next phase of growth for those forward-thinking Islamic finance institutions. The theme for the 2011 World Islamic Banking Conference, “Competing for Global Growth”, addressed new opportunities in terms of expanding the industry on an international level – boosting cross-border transactions, accessing new markets and creating new products that point the way forward towards renewed growth horizons.
For almost two decades, the WIBC has firmly established itself as the largest gathering of Islamic finance leaders in the world and has strengthened its pivotal role as the platform where the future of the industry is shaped.
The WIBC is aimed at developing and strengthening the Islamic finance industry by making it competitive and a preferred choice for clients worldwide. The WIBC has emerged as a global forum for communicating the values of Islamic banking to a wider audience.
As per the conference theme “Competing for Global Growth”, financial institutions need to ensure that they are well positioned to address the progressive market and regulatory requirements before they step into new geographical regions and expand regionally and internationally.
This year’s conference featured a host of new and value-added topics that set it apart from all other conferences.