Integrating trust with extended UTAUT model: a study on Islamic banking customers’ m-banking adoption in the Maldives

Ubais Parayil Iqbal has started his career as a Lecturer in India immediately after his postgraduation; currently, he is working at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Nizwa, Oman, as a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the business faculty. He has extended accounting consultancy services to reputed firms in Kerala while he was in India. He presented research papers in more than 20 national and international conferences held in and out of India. He has presented a paper in the latest AMDISA conference, which was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, hosted by the University of Dhaka. His research interest area is revolving around finance and management. His previous study has been accepted in the Inderscience journal, which is indexed in Scopus and ABS. He was previously working in the Maldives as a Lecturer in Finance at Villa College, which is affiliated to the University of West of England.

Sobhith Mathew Jose is a young talented and dynamic academician with a true spirit anchored upon compassionate research. After postgraduation, he rendered his valuable service as a trainer for ASAP (Additional Skill Acquisition Program – A skill development Initiative of Government of Kerala, India). Meanwhile, he also used his abilities to provide sessions for the scholars registered for CMA Examination. With the intense passion for research, he currently pursues his doctoral degree from IIT Roorkee. The area of research lies in municipal finance and public sector accounting. As a teacher, he is specialized in the core areas of finance, accounting and taxation laws. Moreover, he is continuously engaged in the preparation of academic text books and already published two text books into his credit titled International Finance and Dimensions and Methodology of Business Studies.

Muhammad Tahir is teaching human resources (HR) courses at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Nizwa, Oman. He completed his PhD in 2019 from Qurtuba University Pakistan, and his Masters in 2010 from the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. He has more than ten years of teaching experience. He is the author of Green Human Resource Management; Theory and Practical Issues. He has published 47 articles in various peer-reviewed journals. His research interest includes green human resource management, sustainability and environmental entrepreneurship.