Qatar Businesses Keen to Explore Cooperation on Islamic Finance with the Philippines

Qatari businesses are looking to explore cooperation on Islamic banking with the Philippines, particularly regarding collaboration in various ventures such as fintech, furniture manufacturing, agro industry, renewable energy and industrial parks development in Mindanao, according to local media reports.

According to Greg Loayon, Chairman of the Philippine Business Council Qatar, who was speaking at the Mindanao-wide Ecozone Summit held recently, there are several potential opportunities for synergy between Qatar and the Philippines. Highlighting previous talks with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on exploring collaboration on Islamic finance, Loayon added that there was potential around the area of Islamic finance...