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Israel’s Rise in Ease of Doing Business Ranking not all it Seems to Be

27.10.19|Adrian Filut
Israel was up 14 places on the World Bank’s Doing Business report published last week, but local industry players claim governmental self-lauding is blowing things out of proportion
גידול קנאביס סם סמים מריחואנה

Israel’s Medical Cannabis Reform Continues to Benefit Nearly No One

20.10.19|Tzally Greenberg
Coming into full effect in September and intended to help standardize the industry, the reform has so far resulted in market shortages and hiked prices
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Israel Police Had a Plan to Police Social Media

08.10.19|Omer Kabir
An inner document obtained by Calcalist reveals the police has set up a dedicated “shaming” officer who is in charge of removing negative comments and posts from social media, and that the agency also previously planned to create a real-time monitoring system of such posts
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In Judaism, One Must Work for the Right to Be Forgotten

27.09.19|Dov Greenbaum
With the Jewish High Holidays around the corner, researcher Dov Greenbaum considers the process of Teshuva (repentance) and earning a digital clean slate courtesy of the GDPR
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The Most Urgent Tech-Related Tasks the New Israeli Parliament Must Tackle

22.09.19|Omer Kabir
Israel’s general election last week marked the end of nearly an entire lost year in which the Israeli parliament was effectively paralyzed. Now, the newly elected members of parliament must hurry to address pressing global and local tech issues
ועידת התחזיות 2019 פאנל בריאות משה בר סימן טוב

Israeli Health Ministry Approves Seven New Medical Cannabis Growers to Battle Market Shortages

28.08.19|Adrian Filut
A national reform intended to regulate the entire supply chain of medical cannabis will come into full effect on Sunday
קנאביס רפואי מריחואנה כנס כלכליסט

To Battle Shortages, Israeli Health Ministry to Confiscate Medical Cannabis From Growers

27.08.19|Tzally Greenberg
The upheaval of the new regulation, set to come into force on September 1, has resulted in market shortages. Ministry officials have previously accused growers of deliberately withholding cannabis in protest
ועידת התחזיות 2019 ד"ר משה ברקת הממונה על רשות שוק ההון ביטוח וחיסכון

Israel to Set Up Fast Track for Licensing Fintech Projects

19.08.19|Meir Orbach
According to the Israeli Ministry of Finance, there are currently 2,000 different entities awaiting licensing, many of which are fintech and blockchain companies that need to make only slight adjustments to comply with current regulations
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Despite Legislative Measures, Israelis Still Opt to Use Cash

28.07.19|Raheli Bindman
In Israel, cash transactions accounted for 6% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018, compared to 8% in the U.S., 4% in both Canada and Australia, and just 1% in Sweden, according to a new report
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A Third of Serious Cyberattacks in Israel in the Past Year Went Unreported, Report Says

25.07.19|Raphael Kahan
Since new regulations requiring companies and nonprofits to report on significant breaches came into force in May 2018, Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority has handled 146 severe cybersecurity events, only 103 of which were reported by the organizations targeted
קורקינטיים קורקינטים קורקינט חשמלי שיתופיים של בירד בשדרות רוטשילד תל אביב

Bird to Start Carding Israeli E-Scooter Users

24.07.19|Tomer Hadar and Tofi Stoler
The Los Angeles-headquartered electric scooter-sharing company intends to require a scan of users’ ID cards or driver’s licenses as proof of age
הוועידה הכלכלית הלאומית 2018 מיכל הלפרין הממונה בשיחה עם גלית אלטשטיין

Israel Competition Authority Redefines Monopoly Rules for Local Market

22.07.19|Tomer Ganon
New regulation will enable the authority to declare a company a monopoly even if it does not control the lion's share of the market, if it can commend prices much higher than it would in a more competitive market
כסף אשראי מזומן אמצעי תשלום

Intended to Increase Competition, Israeli Law Pushes Credit Card Fees Up

08.07.19|Raheli Bindman and Lilach Baumer
In 2017, the Israeli parliament passed a law intended to increase competition in the financial sector. Among its clauses, the law mandated a separation between Hapoalim and Leumi, Israel's two largest banks, and their credit card subsidiaries
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Planning a Trip to Shanghai? Better Pack Your Toothbrush

07.07.19|Ofir Dor
Last week, stringent new waste and recycling rules took effect in China’s largest city, perhaps signaling the start of a change for the world’s second-largest waste producing country
מוסף שבועי 30.5.19 טכנולוגיה צריכה לגרום לאנשים לחייך רובוט Serve של חברת Postmates עיצוב גדי עמית

Design Should Help People Emotionally Relate to Technology, Says Fitbit Designer

05.07.19|Keren Tsuriel Harari
Israeli-American designer Gadi Amit, the owner and president of San Francisco-based firm NewDealDesign, believes the human experience is intertwined with technology in the most intimate way
רקפת רוסק עמינח מנכלית בנק לאומי 14.8.18

Israel's Banking Ecosystem Is Experiencing Upheaval

01.07.19|Raheli Bindman
On Sunday, Israel’s Bank Leumi CEO and President Rakefet Russak-Aminoach announced her upcoming retirement, becoming the third Israeli bank CEO to do so since April
מימין הגר רבט גלעד שמעוני עמרי בן דוד אורנית שנער פאנל השקעות מעניינות ב פינטק כנס פינטק 2019

Regulators Must Protect Against Risk but Also Help Innovate the Industry, Say Fintech Execs

25.06.19|Omer Kabir
Ornit Shinar of Citi Ventures, Omry Ben David of Viola Ventures, and Gilad Shimony, CEO of Leumi Partners Underwriting spoke Monday at Calcalist’s fintech conference in Tel Aviv
נגיד בנק ישראל פרופ' אמיר ירון

Israeli Fintech Startups Take On Israel’s Central Bank

21.04.19|Omri Milman
Several players in Israel's fintech ecosystem allege that the Bank of Israel is preventing access to data, hindering competition
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Israel Hopping on the Opiate Regulation Wagon

17.03.19|Adrian Filut
The Israeli health ministry is setting up a task force to examine current regulation, with the intention of halting the increasingly frequent prescription of opiates in the country
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For 888, 2018 Spelled Drop in Revenues, Jump in Profits

14.03.19|Lilach Baumer
Online gambling outfits have been facing increased regulatory scrutiny in the U.K., one of 888’s main markets, and in several other countries
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