COMPLIMENTARY COPY The World’s Leading Islamic Finance News Provider October 2020 2019 Special Awards Report 2019 Winners Deals of Best Service Law FinTech the Year Banks Providers Awards Awards SPECIAL AWARDS REPORT EDITOr’s nOTE Standing the test of time The World’s Leading Islamic Finance News Provider EDITORIAL Vineeta Tan – Managing Editor
[email protected] It is said that time passes faster as you age; in our case, the year 2020 has flown by in just a blink of an eye, yet it feels like we are very much still stuck in the first Lauren McAughtry – Contributing Editor quarter of 2020. This is because the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the perception
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[email protected] Kenny Ng – Senior Copy Editor Just two weeks before we were scheduled to fly into Dubai for the IFN Awards Ceremony
[email protected] 2020 in March to honor the 2019 winners, governments across the world started shutting Nessreen Tamano – News Editor down their borders. This was unprecedented for us, and for the first time in the 13-year
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