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Bank Leumi becomes first Israeli bank to issue covered bonds to foreign investors

Hanan Friedman Bank Leumi CEO, "I am proud that Leumi is the first Israeli bank to lead this important step of opening the Israeli market to such issuances.”

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Maya Eisen Zafrir, CEO of LeumiTech

LeumiTech and IVC wrap up 2025 with first findings from their joint high-tech report

Right to left: Eyal Ben-Haim, Yehuda Setton, Eric Fingerhut

Jewish Agency, JFNA launch $130m. loan fund from Bank Leumi for reservists

 Maya Eisen-Zafrir, CEO of LeumiTech

Israeli tech sector raises $2.72 billion in Q2 2025, led by cyber and AI


Repercussions of Israeli banks closing down branches and moving online - opinion

The closure of branches and live services has caused thousands of bank employees to be fired, and many of them have difficulty finding suitable alternative employment.

  ‘I ACCIDENTALLY tore a NIS 200 banknote, and was unable to paste it together again.’

Leumi to sell Tel Aviv HQ for NIS 350m

The building also has 200 parking spaces in four underground floors.

Israelis walk past a branch of Bank Leumi in Tel Aviv

Israeli banks and insurance companies canceling events due to Omicron

Bank Leumi is not the only one operating in the spirit of the times. This year, Bank Hapoalim also held its annual event for customers under coronavirus restrictions. 

Pedestrians are reflected in the windows of a branch of Bank Leumi, Israel's second-largest lender, in Tel Aviv, Israel

Israel’s open banking reform takes first step

A new bank opened last month in Israel – for the first time in over 40 years

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Israel's banks: A guide to the changes in the system

Here are nine key explanations that can help you understand the changes in the Israeli banking system, and what drove these changes.

A man enters the main branch of Bank Hapoalim, Israel's biggest bank, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2016.

Dollar to NIS 3.30 is 'the new normal' - Leumi

In contrast to recent years, the shekel-dollar rate is likely to hover around NIS 3.30 for the near future, according to Bank Leumi analysts.

Shekels and dollars

Coronavirus a bigger influence on economy than fourth elections

International credit rating agencies want to see Israel form a stable government, but they won't rush to reduce the credit rating of the country leading the world in vaccinations, Hapoalim said.

POLICEMEN WALK past shuttered stalls at the Carmel market in Tel Aviv last week.

Bank Leumi to lead financing of the Kidron River Rehabilitation Project

Will lend the Gihon Water and Sewage Corporation and its subsidiary Mabati NIS 450 million in a syndication transaction, out of a total cost of NIS 830 million for the entire project

Avi Balashnikov, chairman of the Gihon Corporation and Mabati

Bank Leumi, UAE bank, negotiating partnership amid normalization

Shmulik Arbel, an executive at Bank Leumi, said the collaboration might influence other countries to follow suit on normalization.

Israelis walk past a branch of Bank Leumi in Tel Aviv

Luigi Wewege comments on the Global investment outlook for 2020 / 2021

Caye International Bank honored with the Best Private Bank in Belize Award for 2020