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An Elbit Hermes 450 drone comes in for landing at the Palmachim airbase, during Operation Breaking Dawn in early August 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 5, 2026, 2:29 pm
Defense giant Elbit becomes Israel’s most valuable company, after 45% surge this year
Fueled by booming arms sales, Elbit’s market value soars to $40 billion in Tel Aviv, overtaking generic drug giant Teva and the country’s largest banks, Leumi and Hapoalim
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: People walk by a Bank Hapoalim branch in Tel Aviv on March 25, 2025. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
August 25, 2025, 8:38 am
As banks pig out on profits, top economist urges tax to keep them from hogging wealth
After seeing plans aimed at boosting competition fall short, former Bank of Israel research head Michel Strawczynski says levy on lenders’ excessive income will ease wartime burden
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: View of the Bank Hapoalim offices in the center of Tel Aviv. August 4, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 15, 2025, 8:47 am
Top banks notch record profits from credit and fee growth during wartime
Gap widens between banks’ soaring gains and the financial reality of ordinary Israelis
By Sharon Wrobel
A branch of Bank Leumi in central Jerusalem (Maxim Dinshtein/Flash90)
May 20, 2025, 10:53 pm
Major banks’ profits surge as they cash in on wartime credit and fee growth
As households and businesses grapple with high cost of living, rising mortgage rates, and growing credit and loan needs during war, Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi post big profits
By Sharon Wrobel
Ilustrative: Offices of Discount and Hapoalim banks in the center of Tel Aviv (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)
April 9, 2025, 5:11 pm
Hapoalim and Discount each fined NIS 40 million by competition watchdog
Israel Competition Authority alleges that the commercial banks’ minority stakes in fintech startup Neema would restrict fair conduct and hinder competition
By Sharon Wrobel
A branch of Bank Leumi in central Jerusalem (Maxim Dinshtein/Flash90)
March 30, 2025, 11:17 pm
Unbalanced: Banks offer minor benefits, with major catches, for war-harmed clients
Told to give back a fraction of their vast profits, Hapoalim offers $68 to students and reservists… if they have a deposit account or $8,000 balance, Leumi will defer payments on mortages below $27,000
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: An Ireland supporter holds a Palestinian flag on the stands during the Euro 2024 group B qualifying soccer match between Gibraltar and Ireland at the Argarve Stadium, outside Faro, Portugal, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP/Joao Matos)
April 8, 2024, 1:00 pm
Ireland’s sovereign investment fund to divest from six Israeli firms
Irish government will pull investments from Israel’s largest banks plus a supermarket chain active in East Jerusalem and West Bank
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer attends a session of the Knesset's Finance Committee on Monday, June 3 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 14, 2021, 4:53 pm
Stanley Fischer resigns from Bank Hapoalim board
Fischer, who previously served as the Governor of the Bank of Israel and is a former vice chairman of the US Federal Reserve, leaves Hapoalim after 8 months for ‘personal reasons’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative photo of a Bank Hapoalim branch on King George street, Jerusalem, November 15, 2013. (Meital Cohen/Flash90)
From the WebMay 13, 2021, 11:37 am
Israel’s Bank Hapoalim Q1 profit jumps on reversal of loan loss provision
Reuters: Israel’s largest lender posts a bigger-than-expected surge in quarterly profit, earning NIS 1.354 billion ($412 million) vs NIS 192 million in Q1 2020
Illustration: Israelis withdraw money from Bank Hapoalim cash machines. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 2, 2021, 3:01 pm
US investment manager BlackRock says it holds 3% stake in Bank Hapoalim
Investor now considered a ‘significant stakeholder’ in the bank, according to Israeli regulation
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustration: Israelis withdraw money from Bank Hapoalim cash machines. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
From the WebMarch 11, 2021, 9:49 am
Israel’s Bank Hapoalim moves fourth quarter profit, loan deferments sink
Reuters: Israel’s largest bank earned NIS 915 million ($267 million) in the October-December period, compared with a net loss of NIS 629 million in the fourth quarter of 2019
Governor of the Bank of Israel Amir Yaron attends a press conference on March 31, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 11, 2021, 4:08 pm
Central bank may go beyond $30 billion forex buy to tame mighty shekel
Bank of Israel head hints more spending may come after initial announcement of massive foreign currency purchase fails to curb shekel; bank is ‘fighting gravity,’ says top analyst
By Shoshanna Solomon
Bank Hapoalim CEO Dov Kotler, right, meets with CEO of the National Bank of Bahrain Jean-Christophe Durand in Manama, Bahrain in Nov. 2020 (Courtesy)
January 17, 2021, 12:22 pm
Israeli lenders Hapoalim and Leumi sign accords with National Bank of Bahrain
‘Historic’ memorandums of understanding seen as paving the way for business parties in both nations to tighten economic ties
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative photo of Israeli shekels. (Sophie Gordon/Flash90)
December 3, 2020, 2:55 pm
Shekel continues gain on dollar, shrugging off shadow of elections
US currency drops to NIS NIS 3.2731 to the dollar Thursday afternoon in seventh day of declines, as dollar weakens globally amid expansionary policies, Bank Hapoalim says
By Shoshanna Solomon
Bank Hapoalim CEO, Dov Kotler, left, and Arif Amiri, the CEO of Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) on Sept. 8, 2020 (Courtesy)
November 22, 2020, 4:04 pm
Israel’s Bank Hapoalim signs accords with Dubai, Abu Dhabi financial hubs
‘Historic’ agreements will enable the lender to give customers easier access to banks, investors, and tech firms that are part of the DIFC and ADGM financial centers
By Shoshanna Solomon
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