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Israeli fintech

An illustrative photo of an abstract fintech concept. (monsitj via iStock by Getty Images)
June 11, 2026, 10:55 pm
Canadian payment firm said to discuss buying Israeli-founded Payoneer for $2.7 billion
A potential deal would combine Nuvei’s payment processing business, helping merchants accept payments, with Payoneer’s financial platform for sending online cross-border money transfers
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of a Wix-made app. (Courtesy/Wix)
May 29, 2026, 12:22 am
Major Israeli tech firms commence sweeping layoffs as AI revolution roils industry
Israeli website builder Wix cuts 20% of global staff as strong shekel fuels costs amid shift to ‘AI-native ways of working,’ with fintech firm Rapyd and software firm Amdocs following suit
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli fintech startup BridgeWise uses proprietary AI to generate analysis for investors across 70,000 global securities. (Courtesy)
May 4, 2026, 11:17 pm
Israeli fintech startup partners with Elon Musk’s X to gauge market sentiment
BridgeWise will merge data from the world’s biggest financial conversation network into its AI investment intelligence tool to provide analysis across 70,000 securities
By Sharon Wrobel
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) signs a bilateral investment agreement in the presence of Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi, September 8, 2025. (Courtesy of Israel Finance Ministry)
September 8, 2025, 5:45 pm
Israel and India ink bilateral investment deal in New Delhi to foster trade ties
Countries to advance reciprocal investments in fields of innovation, infrastructure development, financial regulation and digital services trading
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli fintech startup Melio is the developer of a payments platform geared toward small and medium-sized US businesses. (Courtesy)
June 25, 2025, 5:32 pm
New Zealand’s Xero to snap up Israeli fintech startup Melio for up to $3 billion
Based in Tel Aviv, Melio is the developer of a platform that seeks to make paying and getting paid electronically less of a burden to small and medium-sized businesses
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
Anti-government protesters take part in a rally at Habima Square, Tel Aviv, March 29, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 31, 2025, 6:39 pm
Judicial jitters and war angst prompt Israelis to shift funds overseas
Israel fintech firm GMT reports 50% surge in the number of Israelis wanting to move money out of the country and into foreign banks for investments into global markets or property
By Sharon Wrobel
For illustration: Screen grab from NYSE video marking Riskified's IPO, August 3, 2021. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 6, 2025, 6:00 pm
Israeli-founded fraud prevention firm Riskified said to be weighing sale — report
Riskified went public in 2021 at a valuation of $3.3 billion, but has seen its market value drop to about $855 million; it has reportedly received a few takeover offers
By Sharon Wrobel
One Zero digital bank's securities platform. (Courtesy)
November 18, 2024, 5:28 pm
One Zero CEO steps down after halted expansion plans in Italy and layoffs due to war
Gal Bar Dea was designated to lead the Israeli bank’s plan to create a digital bank with Italy’s Banca Generali, which was frozen in the unfavorable geopolitical environment
By Sharon Wrobel
Employees at Tel Aviv-based venture group Team8. (Courtesy)
March 5, 2024, 7:06 pm
Backed by Microsoft and Cisco, Israel’s Team8 raises $500m to help build startups
Venture group plans to use fresh funds for building and investing in 30 startups in the areas of cyber, data infrastructure, fintech, digital health and AI
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of people working in finance (via Shutterstock)
December 7, 2023, 4:13 pm
Fintech startup Pontera raises $60m to expand workforce in Israel
Pontera, the developer of a software platform to help financial advisors improve management of retirement accounts, will use the funds to hire more than 50 employees in 2024
By Sharon Wrobel
Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani (right) and Ron Klein, deputy director of International Affairs at the Israel Securities Authority, sign a fintech cooperation agreement, Sept. 4, 2023. (Courtesy)
September 5, 2023, 4:56 pm
Israel and Bahrain regulators ink fintech cooperation deal
Israel Securities Authority will work with the Central Bank of Bahrain to provide regulatory guidance and support to fintech entrepreneurs and startups in both countries
By Sharon Wrobel
UK-based fintech Paysend partners with Israeli-Swiss fintech firm Okoora to serve local market. (Courtesy)
August 7, 2023, 11:12 pm
UK’s Paysend partners with Israeli fintech Okoora to expand in local market
Using Okoora’s currency management platform, Paysend seeks to tap into growing market for cross-border transactions, as Israelis are increasingly transferring funds abroad
By Sharon Wrobel
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, left, meets with his British counterpart James Cleverly in London on March 21, 2023. (Keith Eccles/Keefikus Entertainment)
March 22, 2023, 1:52 am
In London, FM Cohen signs agreement laying out future of UK-Israel ties
2030 Roadmap plan completed after years of preparation; foreign minister heads to Warsaw to complete pact on returning Israeli youth Holocaust tours
By Lazar Berman
Israeli startup Finq develops AI-based online marketplace for financial products. (Courtesy)
February 12, 2023, 8:46 pm
Israeli fintech startup nabs $6 million from Palo Alto’s Nir Zuk
Finq was founded in 2019 and has developed an AI-based digital marketplace for investment, pension, and insurance products
By Sharon Wrobel
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