Bank Leumi

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


Mexico-Israel-U.S. Data Transfers a Growing Taxation Priority, Causing Concern for Jewish Investors

Is the state of Israel a haven for undeclared capital? Well, perhaps it used to be.


A Guide To Lending For Those With A Bad Credit History

The need for borrowing a loan does surface for each one of us one in a while.


A financial partition plan

Danny Gigi, manager of the Pension Counseling and Retirement Planning Department at Bank Hapoalim, is distressed when employees who have reached benefit age fall into the ‘double taxation trap.'

A Bank Hapoalim branch in Tel Aviv

First Arab-Israeli appointed chairman of Bank Leumi

Many people have taken to social media to congratulate Haj Yehia for his position and to congratulate him on his promotion.

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

Israel's third largest bank to pay $195 m. in U.S. tax case settlement

In a quarterly earnings report in August, the bank said it had set aside 425 million shekels ($117.75 million) during the quarter to cover a likely fine by US authorities.

A man enters a branch of Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank in Jerusalem August 29, 2011.

First credit data sharing system edges closer to launch

The Bank of Israel has been collecting credit data in a manner that will enable it to begin database activity since August 31, 2018.

Israelis walk past a branch of Bank Leumi in Tel Aviv

Warburg Pincus finalizes $700m. Leumi Card acquisition

Based in Bnei Brak, Leumi Card has issued more than 2.6 million credit cards and offers merchant acquiring services to over 40,000 businesses.

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

Bank Leumi’s Ran Gavriel Zivan on creatively solving problems in a new way

Around five years ago, Bank Leumi established a new organizational structure, in which the Digital Banking Division was born, to implement its new innovation strategy.

RAN GAVRIEL ZIVAN, head of Innovation and Digital Investments at Bank Leumi. (Courtesy)

Innovation in banking

Bank Leumi’s Ran Gavriel Zivan on creatively solving problems in new way.

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The intersection between banking and hi-tech

Israeli hi-tech has reached impressive heights in recent years.

Leumi Tech CEO Yifat Oron.