Islamic Fintech Research: Systematic Review using Mainstream Databases

The number of Islamic financial technology (fintech) study growsalong with technological advancement and fintech itself. Thisstudy aims to review the studies on Islamic fintech publishedin the journals indexed by Scopus and Web of Science using asystematic literature review approach. As shown in the frameworkproposed in this study, we found five elements of the entireobserved papers. The customer has been the most discussedelement among researchers of Islamic fintech. As Islamic fintech isstill in the early stage of development, no study in our observeddocuments discusses operations. It is one of the essential elementsto be investigated, seeing the dynamic of the business-operatingenvironment. This paper contributes to the literature by providingan up-to-date review. It is among the first reviews on this subjectusing the major academic databases and offering a more holisticframework than previous studies.JEL Classification: F65, Z12