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Grow: The Nonbank That Got Israel's Payment Rails
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Grow: The Nonbank That Got Israel's Payment Rails

Grow Payments cleared the regulatory hurdle that lets a nonbank operate inside the Israeli domestic payments system on the same infrastructure the banks use. Wh…

Israeli fintech ran the largest public-markets year of the post-pandemic cycle.

Per Calcalist, three Israeli tech companies completed IPOs in 2025 — Via, eToro, and Navan. Per Ynet, eToro debuted on Nasdaq on May 14, 2025 at a $4.3 billion offering valuation; the stock rose nearly 29% on its first trading day. Per Calcalist and Reuters, Navan listed on Nasdaq on October 30, 2025 under ticker NAVN, raising $923 million at an implied $6.21 billion valuation.

The wider funding architecture moved alongside. Per Startup Nation Central, Wix and Check Point both raised through convertible bond offerings — Check Point's first capital raise since its IPO three decades ago. Combined public-market activity contributed roughly $10.3 billion to Israeli companies in 2025.

The exchange itself reorganized. Per Globes, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange completed a NIS 350 million secondary offering in January 2024. Bill Ackman and Neri Oxman acquired a 4.9% stake for approximately $25 million. Foreign investors now own more than half of TASE. The Palo Alto Networks–CyberArk transaction added a high-profile dual-listing precedent: per Palo Alto Networks investor releases, the company plans a secondary TASE listing under ticker "CYBR."

Underneath the listings sits a deep private fintech stack — payments, B2B finance, insurtech, blockchain, and embedded finance. Pagaya, Lemonade, Payoneer, and Forter are public; Rapyd, Melio, Tipalti, Bluevine, and StarkWare are private. Per Beinsure data, StarkWare alone holds an $8 billion valuation as the leading Israeli blockchain and zero-knowledge cryptography company.

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Strong Shekel, Fired Israelis
Fintech & Public Markets · Jun 22, 2026
Strong Shekel, Fired Israelis

A 28% appreciation has split the Israeli economy in two. Importers and the government gain. Exporters, tech employers, and dollar earners pay — with M…

Who Is Yoni Assia? Co-founder and CEO of eToro
Fintech & Public Markets · Jun 14, 2026
Who Is Yoni Assia? Co-founder and CEO of eToro

Yoni Assia co-founded eToro in 2007 with brother Ronen and David Ring. Globalized Israeli fintech by building a regulated multi-jurisdiction retail-in…

Fintech & Public Markets · Jun 9, 2026
How the TASE Changed Since Demutualization

From member-owned exchange to publicly listed operator. The 2017–2019 transition reshaped Israeli capital markets infrastructure.

Fintech & Public Markets · Jun 9, 2026
Why Israeli Companies Still Dual-List

Nasdaq for valuation. TASE for inclusion, distribution, and tax. The economic logic of why Israeli growth companies maintain both listings.

Fintech & Public Markets · Jun 9, 2026
The Largest Companies on the TASE by Market Cap

The top of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is dominated by financials, real estate, defense, energy, and industrials — not technology. That's the inverse…