‘Still too early to tell’

KUCHING: While the ‘takaful’ segment is poised to take centrestage in the development of Islamic finance here, it remains a premature notion for the industry to engage in any consolidation exercise, similar to that of the banking sector.

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Source: The Borneo Post

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