" Objective - This study is aimed to investigate the interconnection between the average income level and the tendency of the Malaysian community toward the adoption of Islamic digital banking. Methodology – This study used a quantitative survey questionnaire with 100 valid respondents. The data were collected within 3 months and the SPSS software was applied in this study to analyse the data using descriptive analysis. Cronbach's alpha tests were used to determine the reliability of multiple questions based on the Likert scale questionnaires in this study. Findings – The general finding of this study shows that the group with lower income levels is more responsive to the adoption of Islamic digital banking compared to the higher income group. It indicates that this group believed that Islamic digital banking can be beneficial to the community socially and economically in terms of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and transaction cost. Novelty – The emergence of this study is to contribute the literature and reference related to Islamic digital banking for the interest of researchers, practitioners, and consumers in developing further research and the adoption of this platform in the future. Type of Paper - Empirical"

As Malaysia aims to becoming as Islamic finance global hub, thus the evaluation to determine global hub country is somehow valuable to bring into a research. Other Islamic finance countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and even London, have clearly declared to become as Islamic finance Global hub. The evaluation of Islamic finance global hub country could benefit Islamic finance industry which among others could indicate the standard of Islamic finance global hub and the determination of exact countries eligible as Islamic finance global hub. Hence, this study examines three assessment bodies as a sample namely; The Global Competitiveness Report, The Global Financial Index and Ernst & Young (E& Y) Globalization Index as a comparative study to find the suitable method in global hub evaluation. Simultaneously, this study will examine Malaysia’s economic competitiveness among other countries around the world to determine positive factors that could position Malaysia as Islamic finance global hub. Then, some recommendations will be proposed for a new framework for Islamic finance global hub assessment.

This study deals with the nature of Islamic banks and their features, and requirements of these features in terms of control tools and methods appropriate with the particularity of their business and their relation with the traditional central bank. The study aims also to be acquainted with the extent of appropriateness of the traditional control tools and the particularity of the Islamic banking work. The study arrived at a set of requirements which are necessary to adapt the control tools of the traditional central bank with the particularity of the Islamic banking work. The study set also a concept of a control framework supporting the Islamic banking work and regulating the relation of the Islamic banks with the traditional central bank in a manner securing for them an appropriate investment environment free from control and supervision hindrances.