Ruggiero Lomonaco | From Agnostic Italian to Leading Islamic Finance: AMAZING Revert Story

In this interview, we sit with a behemoth in the Islamic Finance industry Ruggiero Lomonaco. He goes through his story; from humble beginnings as an average Italian guy to coming to Islam to witnessing what would become the boom of global Islamic banking. We definitely need a part two. ______ About us We're Ibrahim & Mohsin - ex-city lawyers and authors of "Halal Investing for Beginners". We've been studying investments and the traditional Islamic sciences for 13+ years. Over the year we've been published by the Financial Times, the World Economic Forum, Foreign Policy etc. Today we run a sharia-compliant wealth management platform that manages over $35m in assets. We make videos about investment, personal finance, careers, and entrepreneurship. We do this to make downtrodden communities better-off. To take people of colour, Muslims, and minorities from being among the poorest in society to the richest. For more about the team visit: https://www.islamicfinanceguru.com/ab... To find out what we invest in, and invest alongside us visit: https://cur8.capital/ -------- 💌 Sign up to our email newsletter - https://www.islamicfinanceguru.com/su... 🌍 Our website - https://www.islamicfinanceguru.com -------- TIMESTAMPS 00:38 - Introduction to Ruggiero 01:24 - Coming to Islam 06:24 - Dreams led me to Islam 07:36 - Seeking explanations from Christians 09:16 - 3 years later, no answer 12:04 - First engagement with Islam 15:27 - Islam in Italy 17:25 - Starting of in Islamic Finance 24:40 - Islamic Finance in the early days 28:37 - How to start a bank 30:52 - HSBC launching Amanah 31:37 - Non-Muslims created Islamic Banking 35:27 - Next turning point for Islamic Banking industry 42:45 - Issues in Islamic Finance and how to fix them -------- 🌍 Our website / blog - https://www.islamicfinanceguru.com 🙆🏻‍♂️ Our investment arm, Cur8 Capital - https://cur8.capital To get 📕 Islamic Wills in the UK - http://wills.islamicfinanceguru.com/ 👨🏼‍🏫 Our Investing Courses - https://www.islamicfinanceguru.com/co... 🎙Our weekly podcast - https://www.islamicfinanceguru.com/po... 👔 Linkedin:   / islamicfinanceguru   🐦 Twitter -   / ifguru   📕 Facebook -   / islamicfinanceguru   📸 Instagram -   / islamicfinanceguru   -------- Our most popular videos: How to invest like the 1%:    • Invest Like The 1% - Copy Their Secret Inv...   Is Share Investing Haram or Halal?    • Is Share Investing Halal or Haram?   -------- Get in Touch: If you’d like to talk or have any questions or requests, we’d love to hear from you. Tweeting @IFguru directly will be the quickest way to get a response, but if your question is more complex, feel free to drop us a line on our Forum http://forum.islamicfinanceguru.com/ - we and the muftis on the forum try to respond to every one! #islamicfinance #islamicpodcast #islamiceconomics #shariacompliant #halalinvesting #halalinvestment #revert #revertstory #revert #reverttoislam #converttoislam #ifg