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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

financial regulation

Emirati and Israeli officials discuss future cooperation agreements in Abu Dhabi on August 31, 2020. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
September 1, 2020, 2:28 pm
Israel, UAE sign first agreement on finance, including blocking funds for terror
Countries to form joint committee to advance reciprocal investments; Netanyahu welcomes memorandum of understanding, says more will come
By ToI Staff
Israel has become one of the world’s leading exporters of investment scams, with fraudsters stealing an estimated $5 billion to $10 billion per year from victims worldwide. (Illustrative photo: iStock)
September 11, 2017, 8:29 am
Is Israel becoming a mafia state?
Some 25% of the revenue of Israel’s lauded high-tech sector comes from shady or fraudulent industries; three-quarters of MKs are said to be in thrall to special interest groups
By Simona Weinglass
A screenshot from a 2013 promotional video for Banc de Binary (Youtube)
January 11, 2017, 6:35 pm
Major Israeli binary firm, Banc de Binary, lays off employees, said to be shutting down
Blacklisted and fined in several countries, company has voluntarily renounced its Cyprus regulation; some insiders speculate it will relocate to eastern Europe and operate under a different name
By Simona Weinglass
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a Christmas lunch with members of the Christian Orthodox community in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, January 6, 2016. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
April 8, 2016, 4:08 am
Abbas’s son said to hold $1m in investment company tied to PA
‘Panama Papers’ reveal extent of Tareq Abbas’s role in firm heavily involved in Palestinian economy
By ToI Staff
A Bank Leumi in Jerusalem, November 16, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 5, 2016, 1:15 pm
Israel launches probe into firms exposed in tax haven leaks
Tax Authority says it will investigate if some 600 Israeli corporations and 850 shareholders evaded levies by using offshore accounts
By Raoul Wootliff
A Syrian man walks past a poster bearing a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the capital Damascus on February 23, 2016. (AFP/Louai Beshara)
April 4, 2016, 9:40 pm
‘Panama Papers’ show Syria regime circumvented sanctions — report
Shadow companies let Assad get round international restrictions imposed on regime since start of bloody civil war in 2011
By AFP
A marquee of the Arango Orillac Building lists the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama City, April 3, 2016. (AP/Arnulfo Franco)
April 4, 2016, 6:41 am
600 Israeli companies, 850 shareholders listed in Panama data leak
11.5 million documents from Panamanian law firm reveal offshore companies of heads of state, celebrities, businessmen
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin adjusts his jacket before a meeting with the leader of Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, on March 31, 2016. AFP / POOL / MAXIM SHEMETOV)
April 3, 2016, 11:24 pm
Massive data leak shows how Putin cronies, world leaders hide fortunes
Year-long investigation into 11.5 million leaked documents reveals vast network of banks, including some in Israel, shadow companies shuffling funds for the wealthy and powerful
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: View of a special plenum session marking the 50th anniversary of the Knesset's current building, January 19, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 29, 2016, 5:27 am
Knesset ups tax penalties for extravagant pay to bank CEOs
A financial institution may pay its top earner no more than 35 times the salary of the lowest earner or risk double taxation
By ToI Staff
Knesset Finance Committee chair MK Moshe Gafni. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 16, 2016, 11:43 pm
Knesset pushes stiff limits for bank CEOs’ pay
Finance Committee hammers out compromise that increases taxes on salaries above NIS 2.5 million and pegs the highest wage to the lowest
By ToI Staff
US Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders shake hands before participating in a debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, February 4, 2016. (AFP/Jewel Samad)
February 20, 2016, 4:35 pm
Income gap, Wall Street regulations score big with Dems
Polls finds that while voters support Sanders’ pledge to tackle wage disparities, most favor Clinton’s plan for incremental steps
By Ken Thomas and EMILY SWANSON
Guo Guangchang (screenshot)
January 1, 2016, 2:30 pm
Far Eastern intrigue surrounds Fosun’s acquisition of Israeli insurance firm
It started out as another stellar business deal between Israel and China — but the sale of Israel’s Phoenix Holdings to a Chinese conglomerate has become part of an international mystery
By David Shamah
Israeli start-up Pricence accepts first prize in the 2014 MasterCard Israel Technology Award event. (Courtesy)
May 15, 2015, 2:58 pm
MasterCard to hold ‘hackathon’ competition in Israel
Credit card giant is looking to recruit local start-ups for its next generation of financial tech applications
By David Shamah
Robert Lakin
March 11, 2015, 8:10 pm
Robert Lakin
Regulators (finally) get around to cleaning up Israel’s forex market
The Israeli foreign exchange trading system has been a bit of the Wild West in the Middle East. No longer.
A Jerusalem branch of Bank Hapoalim. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
From the WebFebruary 27, 2015, 5:16 am
Israel regulator seeks bank provisions to cover possible tax settlements
Reuters: Israeli banks will have to set aside money in order to settle up with the US if they are found to have aided in tax evasions, a report said
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