Bank Hapoalim caps dollar rate for Israelis’ summer travel
Eligible customers who register will receive cashback if the US dollar rises above NIS 2.89 on card transactions abroad and online, the bank said.
Banking & Finance
Your Investments: The spies and fear of financial success
Your Taxes: New Israeli rules could save US olim money and affect businesses
Your Taxes: Trump’s tax amnesty raises questions for Israeli taxpayers
Your Investments: Aaron’s menorah teaches us patience is key to long-term wealth
Aaron’s menorah offers a timeless lesson in patience, showing how lasting financial success is built through discipline, consistency, and time.
Shekel gains sharply despite interest rate cut
The Iran war led to a 3.3% contraction in GDP (on an annualized basis) in the first quarter
“Rabitabank” OJSC secures USD 7 Million funding from Enabling Qapital
The financing agreement will support SME development, expand access to financing, and strengthen sustainable business growth initiatives in Azerbaijan.
Your Taxes: How California’s new software tax may hit Israeli tech companies
California Gov. Newsom proposes expanding the state’s 7.25% sales tax to pre-written software, potentially impacting Israeli and other foreign software companies starting 2027.
Your Investments: Shavuot lessons, from Torah to retirement planning
Shavuot celebrates receiving the Torah. Beyond cheesecake, the holiday teaches restraint, morality, and living wisely, including lessons on finances and desire.
Your Investments: Financial freedom and Jerusalem unification
Seeing tens of thousands of our youth celebrating something of substance, in the era of social media and smartphones, is very moving.
Your Taxes: How Israel’s new war compensation system works
The new law is complex. In practice, an accountant typically enters data into the ITA system, and it crunches the numbers.
Israel’s inflation dynamics remain under control
A strong shekel, alongside structural energy factors, is moderating external price shocks.
Your Investments: Prosperity in Israel takes time, but aliyah is worth it
No one walked into Israel and achieved instant prosperity overnight. The land required effort, faith, and sacrifice. But, ultimately, it offered something deeper than comfort.
Your Taxes: An agreement is an agreement
In Weiss vs Large Enterprises Assessing Officer, the court said the ITA also cannot back out of an agreement with a taxpayer. (The ITA sometimes needs to remember that.)
