Abdelghani Echchabi is Assistant Professor of Finance at the Higher Colleges of Technology in Dubai. Earlier, he served in similar positions in South Korea, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. His areas of research and teaching interest cover a wide range of economics, finance, and Islamic finance topics, as well as social entrepreneurship. Rihab Grassa is Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Higher Colleges of Technology in Dubai, as well as External Associate Researcher for the Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Gestion, in the High Institute of Accounting and Business Administration, University of Manouba, Tunisia. She worked as Researcher in KPMG Global Islamic Finance in Dubai and as Manager for Islamic finance services in KPMG Tunisia. Welcome Sibanda is Assistant Professor of Finance at the Higher Colleges of Technology in Dubai. Prior to joining HCT, he was Assistant Professor of Finance at Heriot-Watt University’s Dubai Campus. He has previously served as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Research in Banking and Finance and Portfolio Manager at Barclays Wealth, Barclays Bank, London. He has also been Visiting Lecturer at the Geneva Business School, London School of Economics’ UAE Affiliate College, and the University of Bolton. Currently, he serves as Technical Research Paper Reviewer for Emerald Insight’s Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research. His research interests span bank performance, asset allocation and portfolio dynamics, FinTech models, SME business dynamics, and financial literacy.