Syariah banking as an industry is very young compared to conventional banking industry. The main differences between syariah and conventional banking are in syariah banking we do not use a concept of interest, as this concept is prohibited by Islam, and the accumulated fund in syariah banking should not be invested in a business which is categorized as haram by Islam. Despite the differences, the products and services offered by syariah banking is similar to products and services offered by a conventional banking. To get a good picture about the role of information technology in syariah banking, we have to see how the progress of the information technology and the progress of how the conventional banking industry adopted the technology.