Capital & Finance · 17 stories · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Lead storyFirst International Bank of Israel (TASE: FIBI) is Israel's fifth-largest bank, controlled by the Bino-Liberman Group via a federated model of four subsidiary banks — the only major Israeli bank never nationalized in the…
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In 2016 Israel forced Hapoalim and Leumi to spin off Isracard and CAL to break the banking-payments duopoly. Eight years…
Israeli private banking, the Swiss correspondent layer, and the Miami offshore booking centre are one architecture. For…
The Strum Committee reforms were supposed to break the Israeli banking duopoly. A decade on, the market is more conteste…
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Jewish law commands the Land of Israel to rest every seven years, impacting its $20 billion agricultural sector. Halachic workarounds like heter mechi…
Bank Leumi, Mizrahi-Tefahot, and Israel Discount Bank anchor private banking for UHNW olim and international Jewish principals. IDB New York serves as…
Leumi, Hapoalim, Mizrahi-Tefahot, Discount, and FIBI dominate Israel's banking system. These five banks hold distinct institutional positions and mark…
Israeli private banking, the Swiss correspondent layer, and the Miami offshore booking centre are one architecture. For the family-office reader, the…
A 28% appreciation has split the Israeli economy in two. Importers and the government gain. Exporters, tech employers, and dollar earners pay — with M…
In 2016 Israel forced Hapoalim and Leumi to spin off Isracard and CAL to break the banking-payments duopoly. Eight years in, the structural answer is…
Three banks issue over 81% of Israeli mortgages, with Hapoalim, Leumi, and Mizrahi Tefahot leading. Their combined rate structure and LTV framework de…
Bank Jerusalem, Mizrahi-Tefahot, Leumi, and Hapoalim are repositioning around a multi-year capital flow. UBS Israel, Julius Baer, Psagot, and Meitav a…
