But these institutions, as well as others in the Muslim world, would like to pick up where the first Islamic banks failed, to tap into a promising market of pious Muslims, in some cases flush with petrodollars.
Still under the influence of the somewhat debilitating effects of eating two Philly Cheesesteaks in a row, I pick up a copy of the latest issue of Forbes from the newsstand, tap and pay, slurp a mouthful of cold Starbucks (got distracted in duty free), and fire up my phone.