Study Tour to the Standard Chartered Bank

November 22, 2019: The undergraduate students of Islamic Banking visited Standard Chartered Bank Learning Centre. The visit was led by Assistant Professor and Program Director at the IBA CEIF, Dr. Irum Saba.

The students were addressed by Head of Retail Business, SCB Sadiq, Mr. Shehzad Khokar; Resident Shariah Board Member, SCB Sadiq, Mufti Khuwaja Noor ul Hassan; Director Corporate Business, SCB Sadiq, Ms. Iffat Nigar; and Islamic Banking and Sharia Compliance Trainer, Mr. Asim Siddiqui.

Mr. Khokar explained the customer base and target audience of Standard Chartered Sadiq and how the bank competes with premiere Islamic Banks in the industry. Whereas, Mufti Hassan explained the back-end processes of Shariah compliance. Ms. Nigar also highlighted the global analytical resources of SCB to win over its competition. Lastly, the team of SCB encouraged the students' enthusiasm to learn about the emerging Islamic Finance Industry and the role of the instructor in organizing study visits to leading organizations in the industry.