The existence of money makes buying and selling activity easier than the barter system. However, the increasing globalization of the world economy demands speed accelaration, ease and security of financial transactions. The discovery of cryptocurrency provides solution for the current payment system which relies highly on the third party in conducting digital transactions. One of those cryptocurrency products is Inacoin which is originated from Indonesia. Because this cryptocurrency is a contemporary problem that cannot be concluded directly from the classical fiqh book, a thorough investigation is needed to obtain the validity of this money from Islamic perspective. This research is a qualitative research that uses multimethod of normative-empirical Islamic law perspective in discussing the aforementioned problem. This study concluded that the existence of Inacoin cannot be accepted as money since there are Islamic requirements or criteria that are not met. In addition, the use of Inacoin is mostly for trading commodity, not as money. The Inacoin trade is legitimate but unlawful, because Inacoin has fulfilled the pillars and requirements of the Al-Ṣarf, yet contradicted some Islamic principal such as maisir, gharar, and possibility of harming its user

With the rise of Halal Lifestyle in the digital era, Islamic Financial Technology (henceforth FinTech) has increasingly become impactful to economic growth. Islamic FinTech companies are in a dire need to figure out factors that influence the adoption and acceptance of the technology to promote their business. Addressing the issue, this study examines consumers’ intention of using Islamic Fintech services. An online survey was employed to elicit the required data from 75 Indonesian consumers of Islamic FinTech services. The results of data analysis by means of SEM-PLS depicted that perceived usefulness and interpersonal influence were two key factors driving the consumers to use Islamic FinTech services. The results further revealed that compatibility positively influenced perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use, which in turn, affected the consumers’ attitude. Moreover, it was also noted that attitude and internet self-efficacy as perceived behavioral control in decomposition of theory of planned behavior had no significant impact on consumers’ intention. The results of this study theoretically provide a basic model of consumers’ intention in the context of Islamic FinTech. At the same time, FinTech industry users can use the results of the present study as references to come up with appropriate strategy to deal with the market needs.

<p>SMEs that play significant role in Indonesia economy still suffer from financial constraint. Even though government provides big support to open finance access for SMEs, there are still more than half are not supported by sufficient access of financing. This paper investigates the possible financing methods that can be used by SMEs by examining its positive and negative aspects along with the shariah view on it. Since there are limitations that have to be removed, we propose new scheme of financing suits best for Indonesia SMEs based on the venture capital design by embedding crowdfunding structure and the Islamic element in it. This paper also proposes new possible exit strategy for the scheme in order to benefit all parties involved.</p><p>UKM memiliki peran penting dalam perekonomian Indonesia yang masih mengalami kendala keuangan. Meskipun pemerintah memberikan dukungan besar untuk membuka akses keuangan untuk UKM, masih ada lebih dari setengah yang tidak didukung oleh akses pembiayaan yang memadai. Kajian ini meneliti kemungkinan metode pembiayaan yang dapat digunakan oleh UKM dengan memeriksa aspek positif dan negatifnya disertai dengan pandangan syariah atas permasalahan ini. Karena ada keterbatasan yang harus dihilangkan pada model-model pembiayaan, maka kami mengusulkan skema baru pembiayaan yang terbaik untuk UKM Indonesia berdasarkan desain modal ventura dengan menanamkan struktur crowdfunding dan elemen Islami di dalamnya. Penelitian ini juga mengusulkan kemungkinan strategi keluar baru untuk skema tersebut agar bermanfaat bagi semua pihak yang terlibat.</p>

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui stabilitas keuangan, faktor penyebab dan penerapan manajemen risiko terhadap pembiayaan bermasalah dimasa Pandemi Covid-19. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian lapangan di BMT Hasanah Sambit, BMT Surya Kencana, dan BMT Bina Insan kota Ponorogo. Data penelitian dikumpulkan melalui wawancara dan dokumentasi kepada karyawan dan pimpinan lembaga. Selanjutnya data dianalisis secara deskriptif untuk menjawab masalah penelitian. Penelitian ini menunjukkan stabilitas keuangan ketiga BMT mengalami kendala berskala kecil selama pandemi, hal ini disebabkan BMT memiliki cara sendiri untuk menghindarinya. Terdapat dua faktor yang menyebabkan pembiayaan bermasalah, ialah faktor internal berupa pergantiang marketing dan faktor eksternal yaitu mengami gagal panen, isolasi mandiri, dan adanya PHK. Penerapan manajemen risiko di ketiga BMT menggunakan 5C+ 1S yaitu Charater, Capacity, Capital, Collateral, Condition dan Sharia, juga menggunakan 3R untuk menyelesaikan pembiayaan bermasalah yaitu Rescheduling (penjadwalan kembali), Reconditioning (persyaratan kembali), dan Restructuring (penataan kembali). BMT Hasanah menggunakan empat tahapan dalam penerapan manajemen risiko yaitu identifikasi risiko, pengukuran risiko, pemantuan risiko dan pengendalian risiko.

Religiosity is one of many essential aspects that stands as the motivation of people’s behaviour. Its importance expands to the field of banking, especially Islamic banks that take Islamic teaching as their backbone. This study aimed to seek religiosity motivation among Islamic bank depositors by exploring the possible asymmetric effect of interest rates on the type of deposits. By using the NARDL approach, this study investigates the relationship between the conventional deposit interest rate on the type of depositors and deposit maturity by using monthly data from April 2015 until March 2020 of Indonesia’s Islamic banks. The results show that government deposit in Islamic bank is not affected by the raise of interest rate. In addition, all deposits that showed the possibility of asymmetry effect indicated that the increase of interest rate (LIR+) has a positive coefficient. In general, Indonesian Islamic bank depositors’ are religiously loyal and not attracted to the fluctuation of interest rates. The result also found that short-run asymmetric dynamics show convergent to long-run asymmetry after an average of 15 months. As for the policy implications, stakeholders must ease the regulation of Islamic banks such as the conversion of conventional banks to Islamic banks, since it is proven that customers are mainly religiously driven.