Challenges in Islamic Fintech and Digitalization: An Extensive Literature Review

Abstract

Islamic fintech literature growth rapidly, and several literature trends have occurred. This paper conducts a systematic literature review of the papers about the challenges of Islamic fintech. For this goal, three main categories are created. The first focuses on the Shariah and legal issues of Islamic fintech because these are the main difference between Islamic finance and its conventional counterpart and therefore are unique to Islamic finance. The second category is on the challenges of Islamic crowdfunding, microfinance, SMEs, and other related institutions. The last category focuses on user and software-based challenges, as most Islamic financial institutions significantly lack experience in this area. Further studies must focus on each challenge and find solutions by opening stagnations.