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Bit credit: PR Hapoalim’s Bit app to pay 4% annual interest on deposits

The interest rate will be paid up to a maximum deposit of NIS 20,000.

Bank of Israel moves to restrict credit secured on homes Bank of Israel moves to restrict "any purpose" mortgage loans

The bank has issued a draft regulation limiting the permitted level of loans secured on a home.

Leumi CEO Hanan Friedman and ISA chair Sefi Zinger credit: Oren Dai and Shlomi Yosef Regulator tells Leumi to halt S&P 500-linked deposit

Leumi's move angered fund managers who claimed that the deposit structure made it a "mutual fund in disguise."

A 15/85 financing offer on new apartments in Tel Aviv (the project has no connection to the article)  credit: Poli Tuvman Israel's residential real estate riddle

All the statistics indicate a declining housing market, except for one: the monthly new mortgage loans total remains very high. What explains the anomaly?

Alfred Akirov  credit: Ben Yuster Centerbridge seeks Clal Insurance stake

Having sold its stake in The Phoenix, the US investment firm is looking to return to Israel’s insurance and financial sector.

George Horesh  credit: Tamar Matsafi Regulator tells Horesh-Harel not to help choose ICC-CAL CEO

ICC-CAL’s CEO Levy Halevy decision to become El Al CEO means Discount Bank must select a new CEO for the credit card company because the sale deal will take many months to complete.

Wobi CEO Eran Oren and Oren Mizrah chairperson Oren Cohen  credit: Inbal Marmari, Noam Moreno The Phoenix buys insurance comparison website Wobi

The Phoenix Holdings is paying NIS 150 million for the price comparison engine.

Supervisor of Banks Daniel Hahiashvili credit: Yossi Cohen Israel’s mortgage-GDP ratio among lowest

Israel’s mortgage-GDP ratio is just 30%, well below Switzerland (131%), the UK (115%), Australia (93%), and Canada (62%), the “Helgi Library” website reports.

Amit and Yuval Man  credit: DigitalOwl US co Datavant buys medical insurtech co DigitalOwl

DigitalOwl's technology analyzes and summarizes medical records, serving insurance companies and lawyers.

Amit Chen Private photograph Israeli fintech co Tipalti raises $200m

The finance automation company has raised the money just two months after implementing a streamlining process that included major layoffs.

Bank Hapoalim branch  credit: Aviv Gottlieb Hapoalim gifts shares to 394,000 customers

Bank Hapoalim's stock is currently trading at NIS 62.85, and those who invested in the bank's shares a year ago have recorded a return of almost 88%.

George Horesh  credit: Tamar Matsafi Discount Bank to sell control of ICC-CAL to Horesh, Harel

George Horesh's Union Investments and Harel will buy Discount Bank's 72% stake in the credit card company, at a company valuation of NIS 3.75 billion.

Esh: Nir Zuk, Shmuel Hauser and Yuval Aloni at launch credit: Gadi SierraSiara Israeli digital bank Esh launches with no fees

The bank is offering customers no fees on a checking account and 50% of the income it generates from customers' money.

ONE ZERO CEO Eyal Gafni credit: Ohad Romano Digital bank One Zero replaces three top executives

The bank has struggled to reach profitability losing NIS 268 million last year, down from NIS 357 million in 2023.

Enav's urban renewal project in Kfar Saba credit: 3D Vision Phoenix to finance four Enav urban renewal projects

Enav is promoting over 35 urban renewal projects throughout the country totaling about 25,000 housing units.

Lendbuzz founders Amitay Kalmar and Dan Raviv credit: Weifan Chen Lendbuzz files for Nasdaq IPO

The auto finance fintech company had a valuation of over $1 billion at the time of its most recent financing round in 2023.

Bank Leumi CEO Hanan Friedman  credit: Oren Dai Leumi's S&P 500-linked deposit challenges mutual funds

The mutual fund managers claim that Bank Leumi's new product is a mutual fund in disguise, without the regulations they are subject to.

Supervisor of Banks Daniel Hahiashvili credit: Shlomi Yosef Bank mortgage rates down even without BoI cut

Falling bond yields, plus the pressure from the large stock of unsold homes, are making the banks adjust lending rates.

Adi Shachaf credit: Tamar Matsafi "GDP per capita higher than Germany but purchasing power lower"

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank deputy CEO Adi Shachaf told the Globes Investment Conference that the high cost of living is the Israeli economy's weak point.

Sayata CEO Asaf Lifshitz credit: Sayata Penn-America buys AI insurance agency Sayata

Sayata has developed an AI-enabled digital distribution marketplace for commercial insurance.

Developers special offers  credit: Poli Tuvman, Dror Marmor, processing Tali Bogdanovsky Special offer homebuyers face moment of truth

People who bought new apartments with small upfront payments are starting to find they can't pay the balance - and can't sell either.

Supervisor of Banks Daniel Hahiashvili credit: Bank of Israel Spokesperson BoI wants banks to operate fraud helpdesks 24/7

The Banking Supervision Department's draft directive comes against a background of rising financial fraud on the Internet.

Israel Discount Bank branch  credit: Shutterstock Discount group's credit growth comes with higher risk

More than half the considerable growth in Discount Bank's commercial credit portfolio in the second quarter came from the real estate sector.

Yoni and Ronen Assia Photo: Eyal Izhar eToro plunges as initial gains evaporate

The Israeli online trading platform's share price has fallen over 40% in the past three weeks.

Bank Leumi credit: Kfir Sivan Leumi cuts prime lending rate

The bank is reducing the prime lending rate by 0.25% for customers with loans and mortgages.

Norwegian sovereign wealth fund CEO Nicolai Tangen credit: Reuters Matt Rourke Norwegian wealth fund disinvests from Israeli banks

The fund's Council on Ethics states that the banks support settlement activity in the West Bank. The fund has also disinvested from US construction equipment company Caterpillar.

Bank Hapoalim branch  credit: Aviv Gottlieb Hapoalim gifting its shares to customers

Qualifying customers can receive two shares each, currently worth NIS 124. Meanwhile, First Int'l Bank is offering securities trading benefits to young customers.

Kraken   credit: Shutterstock Crypto exchange Kraken buying Israeli startup Capitalise.ai

Capitalise.ai's platform enables users to trade in cryptocurrencies and other assets with orders in ordinary English.

TASE-listed stocks Are the new TASE financial indices worth tracking?

The new banking and banking plus insurance indices work on the equal weight method, but that diminishes the impact of the best performing stocks.

Israel Discount Bank branch  credit: Shutterstock Discount Bank reports higher profit, to speed up ICC-CAL sale

The bank reported NIS 1.1 billion profit in the second quarter of 2025, up 7% from the corresponding quarter of 2024.

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