Global Finance has announced its 19th annual awards for the World’s Best Islamic Financial Institutions. A full report on the selections will appear in the May print and digital editions of Global Finance, as well as online at GFMag.com.
“As Islamic Finance continues its rapid growth, the leading organizations are focusing on digitalization, product innovation, and expanded commercial banking services,” said Joseph D. Giarraputo, founder and editorial director of Global Finance. “Global Finance’s annual World’s Best Islamic Financial Institutions awards honor the institutions that are improving efficiency, attracting new customers, and best-serving their clients, while contributing to the expansion of the sector.”
All selections were made by the Global Finance editorial team after extensive consultations with bankers, corporate finance executives, and analysts worldwide. Entry submissions from Islamic Financial Institutions were also considered. In selecting these top firms, factors that ranged from the quantitative objective to the informed subjective were considered.
Quantitative criteria included growth in assets, profitability, geographic reach, strategic relationships, new business development, and innovation in products. Among the subjective criteria considered were reputation, customer satisfaction, and the opinions of analysts and others involved in the industry. The mix of these factors yields leading banks that may not be the largest, oldest or the most diversified in a given country, region or product but rather the best—the firms with which customers around the world would most likely want to do business.
The complete list of Global Finance’s World’s Best Islamic Financial Institutions 2026 follows.
For editorial information please contact: Andrea Fiano, editor, email: afiano@gfmag.com
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Global Finance’s World’s Best Banks 2026 Awards Ceremony
Winners will be honored at an Awards Ceremony held during the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, at the Dusit Thani, on the morning of October 17, 2026. For more information on the event, please contact Anastasiia Petrukhina at anastasiia@gfmag.com.
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