The World Islamic Retail Banking Conference successfully staged its fourth edition on 9-10 October 2012 at the Habtoor Grand Beach Resort & Spa in Dubai.

Held under the theme, Aspiring Innovations Across Horizons, the conference with supported exhibition gathered financial experts to discuss current trend and put a spotlight on the future of Islamic retail banking in the Middle East and across the globe.

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2012 Programme

Islamic finance assets around the world are expected to climb 33% from their 2010 levels to $1.1 trillion by the end of 2012, boosted by the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings and dissatisfaction with conventional finance in the wake of the global debt crisis. Among the survivors, different banks will pursue different strategies, depending on their markets. But all players will be much more focused. The handful of global banks likely to be flourishing in 2012 will owe much of their success to having significantly scaled back the complexity of their operations.