Finance

Are Polymarket, Kalshi illegal gambling sites or legitimate financial trading platforms? - opinion

Are the activities carried out by Polymarket and Kalshi in fact illegal gambling, or do they constitute legitimate financial trading activity?

The logo of prediction market trading platform Polymarket is seen on a digital screen (illustrative)
ANNOUNCER AND Dallas Cowboys great Pat Summerall on the sidelines during a Monday Night Football game in Irving, Texas, in 2005.

Your Investments: Financial modesty

 Thousands of additional shekels can be saved every year with tax exemption

Your Taxes: The budget’s tax breaks

Eshkol Reservoir

Mekorot reports strong core growth in 2025, but regulatory changes drive heavy net loss


How Iran’s economic collapse is tightening the regime’s options - analysis

Iran’s central bank began distributing a 5,000,000-rial “Iran-cheque” on Sunday, describing it as a step to “facilitate the circulation of cash” and speed up everyday transactions.

IRANIAN BANKNOTES are displayed next to a US dollar bill in Neyshabur, Iran on December 30, 2025. The Iranian rial has continued to weaken against the US dollar amid high inflation, currency volatility and ongoing economic pressures linked to sanctions and domestic challenges.

Israel’s Economic Leadership convenes for National Economic Conference

Ministers, business leaders, and senior capital market figures will gather later this month at the Peres Center to chart Israel’s roadmap for 2026 at a flagship summit hosted by Maariv, Walla & Jpost

Maariv & Walla Economic Summit 2026

The domino effect: Why "cheap" financing can be the most expensive deal an entrepreneur signs

“Cheap” financing often comes with low interest, rigid credit, personal guarantees, and tight cash flow. It may look attractive on paper - but the reality behind it can be a costly surprise.

What looks cheap on paper can cost a lot in reality.

Your Investments: If you don’t understand it, don’t invest in it

If a belief, value, or investment cannot be explained clearly, it is unlikely to endure. A sound financial plan should be understandable.

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of an upwards-trending graph (illustration)

Bank Leumi becomes first Israeli bank to issue covered bonds to foreign investors

Hanan Friedman Bank Leumi CEO, "I am proud that Leumi is the first Israeli bank to lead this important step of opening the Israeli market to such issuances.”

 Leumi Bank

Every generation must be taught that 'never again' is not just a slogan - opinion

The Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers; it is important to remember that it began with words.

 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Mission driven: founders explain how startups compete with big-tech salaries

Glass said the first applications focus on disability, with the goal of enabling an upper-limb amputee to control a robotic arm “as if it’s their natural arm.”

A “Young Investors & Technology” panel at The Jerusalem Post Miami Conference featured two startup founders pitching products at the edge of medicine, defense, and regulated finance, with moderator Dr. Efraim Chalamish.

Ayandeh Bank's collapse highlights breakdown of Iran’s financial system - WSJ

Ayandeh Bank, which was run by individuals connected to the Iranian regime, failed after accumulating nearly $5 billion in losses from bad loans.

Iranians walks past a Bank Ayandeh and Parian, on the first anniversary of the nuclear agreement, in the capital Tehran on Jaunary 14, 2017.

'Corporations must take responsibility for the communities they serve'

Israel Discount Bank President and CEO Avi Levi spoke at Jpost Miami Summit 2026.

vi Levi, President and CEO of Israel Discount Bank,

Former NYC mayor Eric Adams under scrutiny following apparent NYC Token crypto 'rug pull'

NYC Token was launched to "address antisemitism and anti-Americanism," Adams claimed, in an apparent swipe at his mayoral successor, Zohran Mamdani.

Then-New York City mayor Eric Adams stands beside the crystal button that triggers the descent of the New Year’s Eve Ball in Times Square, New York City, December 31, 2025; illustrative.