IslamicMarkets ready for expansion, including into retail subscriptions
KUALA LUMPUR - The rise of IslamicMarkets since its 2018 launch has been impressive and undertaken in an assiduous way that echoes the financial institutions the platform covers more than the breakneck race for growth that most other start-ups pursue.
Through his steady approach, it is no coincidence that its chief executive, Shakeeb Saqlain, had worked in banking for the decade prior to founding the start-up in the United Kingdom four years ago.
Speaking to Salaam Gateway from the Kuala Lumpur home he moved to late last year with his family, Saqlain repeatedly uses terms such as “doing it the hard way” and “taking the long route”.
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