Banking

20 stories about Banking
גל בר דעה מנכל הבנק הדיגיטלי

“It’s like David going up against Goliath. The top three Israeli banks will change, and we’ll be part of it”

12.09.21|Diana Bahur-Nir
He pledges to pay higher interest on deposits and take lower interest on loans, and is certain that banking’s big bang is right around the corner. Gal Bar Dea, the CEO of First Digital Bank, is counting on people wanting to walk around in “I Love My Bank” T-shirts
Mor Eyal New Digital Bank

What need do we have for ‘Neo Banks’?

05.09.21|James Spiro
They’ve attracted the attention of everyone from Warren Buffet to Amnon Shashua - but why?
אמנון שעשוע מובילאיי

Israel's First Digital Bank to offer full digital banking services to US citizens

15.07.21|CTech
The banking system doesn’t currently make it possible for Israeli citizens who also hold a US citizenship or a foreign tax residency to open a bank account by digital means and they are forced to arrive at bank branches in order to physically sign a series of documents
כנס פינטק שוקי אורן יו"ר הבנק הדיגיטלי הראשון

"We won't be a free bank but we'll disrupt the existing order"

28.06.21|Almog Azar
Chairman of the First Digital Bank, Shuki Oren, said that it will launch its services towards the end of this year or in the first quarter of next year with the aim of making an immediate footprint
גל בר דעה מנכ"ל הבנק הדיגיטלי הראשון

Get ready to leave your old bank behind

22.06.21|Gal Bar Dea
“It is possible to be faster, stronger, smarter, and more efficient, and build the bank we have always been waiting for,” writes Gal Bar Dea, CEO of Israel’s First Digital Bank
מוסף שבועי 28.11.19 ניר צוק מנכל חברת פלאו אלדו ישראלי לשעבר

From cyber to banking: Palo Alto's Nir Zuk recruiting investors for new digital bank

03.05.21|Golan Hazani and Irit Avisar
Zuk has partnered with Shmuel Hauser, the former Chairman of the Israel Securities Authority, and entrepreneur Yuval Aloni, to set up what would be Israel's second digital bank to rival Mobileye founder Shashua's venture
שבוע גוגל יום שני מימין יואב שוהם לילך בר דוד יוני אסיא יובל קמינקא

There is a deep competitive advantage to Israel, since it’s very global, says eToro CEO Yoni Assia

27.04.21|Meir Orbach
CEO of the largest freelance bank in the U.S. Lilach Bar-David spoke during Calcalist and Google’s Startup Week. eToro CEO Yoni Assia explained the mass influx of private investors to digital investing platforms
Avi Benzvi FINASTRA

Israel’s Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank selects Finastra for cross-border payments

27.04.21|James Spiro
Fusion Payments To Go will help the bank enhance its customer experience
Tsafrir Attar Floor

The Floor appoints Tsafrir Attar as Chief Technology Officer

26.04.21|James Spiro
Attar will help propel the platform to its next stage of growth, expanding its global foothold
השקעה חיסכון כסף קופות גמל קרנות השתלמות קרן השתלמות

Fintech company Credit24 going public on TASE at a NIS 160 million valuation

18.04.21|Golan Hazani
The company will try to raise NIS 40-50 million in May, since its current credit portfolio of NIS 20 million is insufficient to process the credit requests it receives
סניף בנק בנקים תחרות ריכוזיות

Israel’s Open Banking Reform is tangled up in politics

05.04.21|Irit Avisar
New technologies and a different approach to client data could shake up the sector, but only if the politicians can get their act together
מנכ"ל ספיראל שון מלמד והנשיא דן בלומנפלד

Spiral secures $14 million in funding and debuts banking app for charity

31.03.21|CTech
Former Morgan Stanley and Skype execs co-founded the company with the aim to seamlessly combine banking and charitable giving
Dan Westgrath DEEL

It’s a Deel: new card available for international teams and remote contractors

17.03.21|James Spiro
Deel Card gives remote workers a way to access and spend their funds with digital and virtual debit cards
סניף בנק בנקים תחרות ריכוזיות

Will Israel’s new Digital Bank manage to shake up the sector?

15.03.21|Irit Avisar
Amnon Shashua plans to disrupt the banking world by offering new tech and lower prices, but it may not be enough
אורי לוין מנכ"ל דיסקונט כנס פינטק

“Our new product will be the Wolt of the banking world,” says Discount Bank CEO

24.02.21|Doron Broitman
Speaking at Calcalist’s Fintech 2021 Conference, Uri Levin addressed the massive changes taking place in the financial world, calling the revolution “unstoppable”
שחף ארליך מנכ"ל טריא כנס פינטק

"By 2035, at least 30% of mortgages will be issued by non-banking entities"

23.02.21|CTech
TARYA CEO Shahaf Erlich offers bold predictions at Calcalist's Fintech 2021 Conference
אופיר גולומבק מנהל המגזר הפיננסי אקסנצ'ר ישראל

Covid-19 has forever changed client-bank relations: 53% of Israelis prefer to hold video calls than visit the branch

27.01.21|Ofir Golombek
Global survey finds widespread adoption of digital banking, but banks have to up their game if they want to hold on to their customers
דדה גולדשמידט סמנכ"ל ודירקטור מנהל ישראל ואירופה קרן Samsung Catalyst ועידת דור 5

How a perfect storm of disruption is upending the banking industry

25.01.21|David (Dede) Goldschmidt
Covid-19 has accelerated change in the banking industry, but that’s just the beginning
Yaron Yaniv 20MinuteLeaders

“I’m sitting right in the junction between engineering, business, and product and that’s my sweet spot”

31.12.20|CTech
Yaron Yaniv from the Silicon Valley Bank talks to Michael Matias about the digitalization and automation trend that’s taking over the banking sector and the challenges of finding solutions for tech companies of all sizes
סולי לאווי בנק היפוסוויס

Meet the Swiss banker handling the exit bonanzas of Israel’s tech elite

13.11.20|Allon Sinai
Hyposwiss’s Solly Alain Lawi is convinced tech stocks will not come crashing down and offers up three reasons