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Certified Islamic Retail Banking Specialist

An independent certification in Islamic personal finance, home and vehicle finance, accounts, cards and takaful for individuals.

3 courses

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Certifications are issued independently by Islamic Finance Space (ifSPACE). They are not accredited by AAOIFI or by any regulator unless a program page states otherwise.
Free certification. The certification exam and certificate rules open with the exam system.

It is for branch, retail product, sales, cards and customer service staff, and Shari'ah reviewers of retail products. It covers murabahah (AAOIFI Shari'ah Standard No. 8), tawarruq (SS 30) and online dealings (SS 38); ijarah and ijarah muntahia bittamleek (SS 9), agency (SS 23) and service-based financing (SS 34); and banking services (SS 28), payment cards (SS 61), competitions and prizes (SS 55), takaful (SS 26) and zakah on accounts (SS 35).

How it works: study the linked courses Trade-Based Islamic Financing, Ijarah, Agency and Service Contracts and Islamic Banking, Capital Markets, Takaful and Social Finance, then sit a 40-question certification exam in 75 minutes. The pass mark is 70%, and the certificate is valid for three years.

This is an independent ifSPACE certification. It is free, it is not an AAOIFI qualification, and it is not accredited or endorsed by AAOIFI or any regulator.

Courses in this program

  1. 1.
    Trade-Based Islamic Financing

    Intermediate · 9 hours · 17 lessons

    Required
  2. 2.
    Ijarah, Agency and Service Contracts

    Intermediate · 9 hours · 17 lessons

    Required
  3. 3.
    Islamic Banking, Capital Markets, Takaful and Social Finance

    Intermediate · 11 hours · 20 lessons

    Required