Keynote address - Global Islamic Financial Institutions Forum 2026
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Keynote address by Mr Adnan Zaylani Mohamad Zahid, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia), at the Global Islamic Financial Institutions Forum 2026, Kuala Lumpur, 6 August 2026.
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