KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 (Bernama) -- The Islamic Finance / FinTech industry, the former being heavily regulated, is one that FINTERRA is targeting with the upcoming launch of its WAQF chain. FINTERRA, a Malaysian based FinTech company, whose WAQF chain will be launched mid-February 2019, recently signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with the International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA).
 
The MOC provides for collaboration and cooperation between both FINTERRA and ISRA in the area of Islamic FinTech, Financial Instruments, Shari’ah compliance, Financial Service Act and regulatory framework. This agreement propels the advancement of applied research in Islamic finance to drive development in the fields of Islamic social financing, Islamic Banking, Money services, Waqf Development fund raising, Blockchain and Technology.
 
Other areas covered by the MOC are Blockchain technology certification on Waqf- a process required to specialise in Waqf Blockchain that can be applied to individuals and companies. Also addressed under the MOC, is industrial training and internship placement, aiming to provide theoretical and practical exposure on blockchain technologies and its applications. This provides hands on experience, conducive for the learning process and the development of awareness programmes and co-sponsoring of international conferences, seminars, workshops and training.
 
This MOC will set the standard for Islamic Finance development for years to come.

About FINTERRA
FINTERRA is a start-up FinTech company, specialising in harnessing and building solutions aimed at Global use cases and problem statements, built on the GALLACTIC blockchain platform, positioning Finterra to be a global leader in next generation FinTech, providing “Social Solutions for Blockchain”.
 
About International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA)
ISRA was established in 2008 by the Central Bank of Malaysia as an Islamic finance and Shari’ah related research institution. ISRA is recognised globally as a leading Global Premier Research Academy in Islamic Finance industry with numerous accolades. Contributions by ISRA includes over 200 Shari’ah research, publications that includes textbooks, journals and research papers that are constantly referred internationally and its I-FIKR Portal which is gaining popularity for its one-stop online Shari’ah knowledge repository for Islamic finance. In 2018 ISRA celebrated its 10th anniversary.

For further information, please visit www.finterra.org or isra.my.

Source: Finterra Technologies Sdn. Bhd.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name: David Swinburne
Head of Alliance Management
Tel: +60 16 967 9476
Email: david.swinburne@finterra.org
 
Name: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Said Bouheraoua
Director, Research Development & Innovation,
Tel: +603 7651 4230
Email: bsaid@isra.my

--BERNAMA