The Association of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM), with the support of the Central Bank of Malaysia, hosted the Global Islamic Finance Forum 2018 (GIFF 2018) from 3rd to 4th October at Bank Negara’s centre of knowledge and learning, Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur. The theme for this year’s event was Value Based Intermediation – Beyond Profit, a strategy launched by the Bank in March 2018, whose central theme is understanding values in banking, introducing them into the DNA of banks and encouraging thinking and action that goes beyond profits. GIFF 2018 covered specific related topics including:
- Integrating Sustainability and Responsible Financing into the Financial Sector
- Pushing the Sustainable Agenda to the Board
- Roadmap to Sustainability
- Reporting on Sustainability
- Technological Disruption Impacting Sustainable Finance
- Advancing and Driving Systematic Change
- Delivering Superior Customer Experience and Valuing and Fulfilling the Customers’ Needs
The event was extremely well attended with many established banks in the region in attendance, including Citibank Malaysia, BNP, MBSB, HSBC, Al Rajhi, OCBC, Maybank and Hong Leong.