For many, Islamic Fintech is a phrase that doesn’t pop up very often in their day-to-day reading. This article aims to explain the groundings of the industry, as well as how it factors into Yielders’ offering to investors. This article forms part of our weekly blog series, where we aim to bring you interesting and relevant news from across industries such as Real Estate, Economics and Finance. The Groundings of Islamic Finance Islamic Finance is a method of doing business which essentially has groundings in Islamic Law, principles from which have existed for many hundreds of years. Given that the … Continue reading A Brief Introduction to Islamic Finance and Islamic Fintech

As the lock-down continues, we thought it would be interesting to gain a view on the current state of the UK property market, as well as some interesting potential for innovation in the sector.  Current Market Trends  At the end of April, real estate intelligence company Zoopla published an estimation that £82bn worth of property transactions were on hold due to Coronavirus restrictions.1 The extensive barriers posed by lockdown measures are expected to halve the number of completed property sales for 2020; unsurprising given the many moving parts which govern property transaction.2 The Government also issued specific guidance, advising people in the middle of the … Continue reading UK Property Sales in the Time of Covid-19 – The Yielders Perspective

As a result of the spread of COVID-19, life has changed significantly for everyone over the past few weeks. Across the world, governments have instituted strict curbs on movement in order to halt the spread of the virus, leaving many unable to work. The reality of the situation pervades almost every area of life, and the economy is certainly not isolated, economist unfortunately already predicting a slowdown akin to 2008. It has been, however, heartening to see the response of many who have valiantly stepped in to help the more vulnerable among us in society, especially in the UK where … Continue reading Covid-19 and the UK Economy

Sometimes, our users ask us if they are able to use their credit cards to invest on our platform. Our sophisticated payments provider, MangoPay, is able to facilitate payment via three methods: debit card; bankwire transfer; and credit card. Our investors are free to use whichever method they like, however we would like to clarify our stance on using credit cards with us.  We always do our best to discourage the use of interest-bearing products such as credit cards for a number of reasons. First, as an ethical investment platform, we take pride in offering competitive investment products that are entirely free from debt or … Continue reading Using a Credit Card with Yielders