The Financial Performance of Islamic Bank in Malaysia: A Comparative Study

• Main Author: Buamoud, Omran F.
• Format: Project Paper Report
• Language: English; English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Banks and banking, Malaysia; Income distribution - Malaysia
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8099/1/GSM_1998_7_A.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8099/

This study analyse the performance of the Islamic bank (Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad) and compares it to benchmark bank (Maybank) in the Malaysian banking sector. The study finds that Bank Islam shows all the characteristics of a newly established bank and hence has an inferior performance compared...