Central bank says steps provide financial relief and ease cashflow crunch in wake of Hamas onslaught and ongoing war

Central bank head urges Netanyahu to withdraw legislation that would force banks to pay interest on current accounts; bill to be brought to Knesset vote on Wednesday

Central bank chief instructs banks to fully pass on interest rates to deposit holders and come up with a plan to pay interest on the billions of shekels sitting in current accounts

With offices in Israel, Kreos lends to startups including Israeli taxi-hailing app Gett, energy tech firm SolarEdge, and biotech firm BiolineRX

Net profit surges 21.3%, prompting bank to raise dividend payout 10 percentage points to 40% of quarterly profit as it benefits from steady interest rate hikes over past year

Fund's delegation fears country faces 'never-ending crisis,' as Beirut struggles to approve changes to unlock $3 billion conditional loan to salvage freefalling economy

Net profit in 2022 rose 27% to a record NIS 7.7 billion; net interest income jumped 28% to NIS 13.2 billion versus the previous year

Likud owes Knesset NIS 70 million, while Jewish Home and Meretz are unlikely to be able to pay back the tens of millions they owe after failing to enter parliament

Israelis took out 20% less in mortgages from August to September, Bank of Israel figures show, bringing lending to lowest level in a year; interest rates expected to keep going up

Of the million Israelis furloughed or fired after Covid-19 took over our lives, almost 200,000 households chose to put home-loan payments on hold; this holiday is all about over