Bank Hapoalim caps dollar rate for Israelis’ summer travel
Eligible customers who register will receive cashback if the US dollar rises above NIS 2.89 on card transactions abroad and online, the bank said.
Banking & Finance
Your Investments: The spies and fear of financial success
Your Taxes: New Israeli rules could save US olim money and affect businesses
Your Taxes: Trump’s tax amnesty raises questions for Israeli taxpayers
Tech Talk: Deel puts $15m. behind YC-style global start-up competition, launching in Tel Aviv
Deel has structured the competition into seven in-person regional finals across major tech hubs, with Tel Aviv hosting the first event on March 23, 2026.
Your Investments: I’ll take both the blue and the purple dresses
If you can honestly differentiate between needs and wants, you’ll be in a much stronger financial situation and ultimately be able to indulge every now and then in a luxury item.
Your Taxes: Mortgage blues and what to do about them
The war has drained the economy and people of spending power. How can demand from the public for homes be increased? What ought to be done?
Israeli companies grew more when listed in Tel Aviv than on NASDAQ, study reveals
Double-listed companies outperformed their overseas counterparts, with trading volume growth of 68% versus 55% for the NASDAQ.
Discount Bank launches “Smart Future,” Israel’s first-of-its-kind digital pension planning platform
This innovative digital platform is designed to help customers plan and manage their pension savings and insurance
Your Investments: The key to responsible planning after receiving an inheritance
"Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall, freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin." - Henry Cabot Lodge.
Your Taxes: Israel moves charities online for tax breaks
Starting in 2026, details of each donation reported are immediately stored electronically on the ITA’s system. The donor can access these details online.
Why a global investor sees Israel as a resilient financial hub
Israel remains a ‘very strong player’ in global private markets
Bank Leumi tops Bank of Israel’s 2025 service survey
Supervisor of Banks survey finds Leumi leading in branch, phone, and digital service among Israel’s five largest banks in 2025 rankings
Only 40% of TASE-listed firms donated to community in 2024, Zoooz review finds
Independent research says 216 of 540 public companies gave more than NIS 100,000, with the absence of regulation and weak CSR reporting cited as key factors.
