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Hamdi Abdullah

Hamdi Abdullah

General Manager & Country Head of Maybank UK; international banker with 20+ years in corporate, investment, and Islamic finance

Jul 27, 2026

3:11
Are you bullish on UK Islamic finance?
3:14
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
3:16
Yes, very bullish.
3:18
I think the UK is matured, is ready.
3:21
You have the infrastructure, you have the regulation, and ultimately you have the demand.
3:26
It's a matter of structuring the supply to match the demand.
3:30
And we've been talking, I've been here for three years, and when we started talking to the likes of Fayda and Castro, we realized the market is hungry for Islamic finance products.
4:28
And then when we look at what you guys are doing, it sort of pales into comparison.

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