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משמאל מייסד פרסוטנטיקס דיוויד סוסנה מייסד משותף דוד גוברין

Warburg Pincus LLC leads $75 million funding round in Israeli fintech company Personetics

16.02.21|Meir Orbach

Personetics offers a proprietary AI software platform to leading banks around the world, reaching more than 95 million personal banking customers and analyzing billions of transactions daily

ניל קורני כנס פינטק בנקאות חדשה

“This crisis is going to present many opportunities for banks,” predicts Citi Israel CEO

01.07.20|Hagar Ravet

Neil Corney says Covid-19 crisis has proven how important it was to invest in Fintech for so many years

ועידת ברלין 2020 יפעת אורון

Instead of funding rounds, startups face harsh reality of debts and loans thanks to Covid-19

14.06.20|Sophie Shulman

Since the coronavirus pandemic started, Israeli startups have taken out over $140 million in bank loans, mostly to avoid down rounds and increase their funding runway

בורסה בורסת תל אביב

It is not 2008 All Over Again, Israeli Regulators Assure

10.03.20|Raheli Bindman

Israel’s leading financial regulators all issued calming messages Monday after TASE’s indices closed down two days in a row

רונלד קרוז'בסקי

The Markets Realized the Coronavirus Is Another SARS and Moved On, Says Stifel CEO

24.02.20|Sophie Schulman and Golan Hazani

Ronald Kruszewski, CEO of American investment bank Stifel, believes that a democratic president threatens the U.S. stock market a lot more than the coronavirus

מימין המפקחת על הבנקים חדוה בר נגיד בנק ישראל אמיר ירון מריוס נכט ו אמנון שעשוע

Israel’s First Digital Bank Set to Start Operations in Mid-2021

26.01.20|Raheli Bindman

The bank’s controlling shareholders are Check Point co-founder Marius Nacht and Mobileye co-founder and CEO Amnon Shashua

מימין המפקחת על הבנקים חדוה בר נגיד בנק ישראל אמיר ירון מריוס נכט ו אמנון שעשוע

Israel’s New Digital Bank: not yet Operational, Already Looking for Exceptions

31.12.19|Raheli Bindman

In September, the Bank of Israel greenlit Marius Nacht and Amnon Shashua’s new digital banking venture

אלן דאבקין בנק סטיפל

Investment Bank Stifel Financial Opens First Branch in Israel

12.12.19|Golan Hazani

The NYSE-listed bank chose Alain Dobkin, a veteran banker with two decades of Israeli and international experience in M&A deals, as the general director of its new local branch

ועידת Mind the tech TLV דרור טופף בנק לאומי בשיחה עם רחלי בינדמן

To See the Future of Banking, One Should Look to China, Says Bank Leumi Exec

26.11.19|Orna Yefet

Changes in the finance industry and the entrance of non-banking players mean traditional banks need to figure out new business models, Dror Topf, head of group strategy and innovation at Israel’s Bank Leumi, said Monday at Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference in Tel Aviv

ועידת Mind the tech TLV שי בסון ראש חטיבת לאומי טכנולוגיות

A Bank That Doesn’t Embrace AI Will Not Be Relevant to Younger Generations, Says Exec

25.11.19|Naomi Zoref

Shay Basson, who heads the technology division of Israel’s Bank Leumi, spoke Monday at Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference in Tel Aviv

גיל קרני מנכ"ל בנק לאומי בריטניה

Tech and the Israel-U.K. Trade Corridor

21.11.19|Gil Karni

Gil Karni, CEO at Leumi UK, explains how increasing trade between the U.K. and Israel could provide both nations with an important advantage.

הבורסה לניירות ערך רחוב אחוזת בית תל אביב

Israeli Banks Leumi and Discount to Raise CoCos Outside of Israel

22.10.19|Golan Hazani

Both banks are looking to raise around $280 million over two years, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke to Calcalist on condition of anonymity

מימין ממייסדי צ'קפוינט מריוס נכט ו אמנון שעשוע ממייסדי מובילאיי

Bank of Israel Greenlights Marius Nacht, Amnon Shashua’s Digital Bank

24.09.19|Hezi Sternlicht

After four decades with no new bank in Israel, the digital banking venture of two of Israel’s leading entrepreneurs is expected to be licensed

אדם נוימן 20.7.19 WeWork

WeWork’s IPO Backpaddling Leaves Israel’s Two Largest Banks at Risk

22.09.19|Golan Hazani and Sophie Shulman

The banking consortium that provided WeWork CEO Adam Neumann with a $500 million credit line and is now looking to revise the terms includes Israel’s Bank Leumi and Bank Hapoalim

מימין ממייסדי צ'קפוינט מריוס נכט ו אמנון שעשוע ממייסדי מובילאיי

Mobileye’s Amnon Shashua in Talks to Join Marius Nacht’s New Digital Banking Venture

11.08.19|Golan Hazani

Nacht, co-founder of cybersecurity company Check Point, submitted a request for a banking license and a business plan for establishing a digital bank in January

Fintech Startup Personetics Opens R&D Center in Nazareth

21.07.19|Meir Orbach

Among the companies that operate outposts in the area are Microsoft, Amdocs, and Salesforce

ארז יוסף משנה למנכ״ל בנק הפועלים ו COO

Bank Hapoalim Loses Deputy CEO-COO Week After New CEO Appointment

21.07.19|Raheli Bindman

On Monday, Israeli Bank Hapoalim announced the choice of outsider candidate Dov Kotler as its new CEO. Now Erez Yosef, who was also in the running as an in-house candidate, has announced his retirement

אורי לוין בנק דיסקונט דוב קוטלר אינטו

One Is Home-Grown, the Other an Outsider: Discount and Hapoalim's New CEOs

16.07.19|Raheli Bindman

Uri Levin is set to enter Lilach Asher-Topilsky’s shoes as CEO of Israeli Bank Discount, and Dov Kotler will inherit Arik Pinto as CEO of Hapoalim. These are the challenges they will face

הוועידה הכלכלית הלאומית 2018 ערן יעקב בשיחה עם עמרי מילמן

In its Battle Against Tax Evaders, Israel Tax Authority Sets its Sights on Payment Apps

14.07.19|Raheli Bindmand

Israeli Banks Leumi, Hapoalim, and Discount all offer mobile payment apps; some small businesses have been using them to perform transactions under the radar

כסף אשראי מזומן אמצעי תשלום

Intended to Increase Competition, Israeli Law Pushes Credit Card Fees Up

08.07.19|Raheli Bindman and Lilach Baumer

In 2017, the Israeli parliament passed a law intended to increase competition in the financial sector. Among its clauses, the law mandated a separation between Hapoalim and Leumi, Israel's two largest banks, and their credit card subsidiaries