Your Investments: Financial modesty
"When someone saves your life and gives you life, there’s gratitude, humility; there’s a time you’ve been so blessed you realize you’ve been given another chance at life..." - Pat Summerall
Banking & Finance
Your Taxes: The budget’s tax breaks
Revised income tax brackets boost March salary
Your Taxes: You can't have your matzah and eat it, too
Bank of America initiates 'buy' on top four Israeli banks, citing post-war momentum
Analyst David Taranto set a price target of 89.5 shekels for Hapoalim, one of Israel's two largest banks, implying an 18% upside to its current price.
Your Investments: Greatest danger to Israel's moral mission is prosperity without discipline
It’s important to teach your children the importance of saving. I think that teens should have a bank account. They can learn how compound interest works.
Your Taxes: New Israeli taxation rule calls for immediate action
Unfortunately, the trapped profit rules hardly encourage olim who own companies abroad to migrate to Israel.
Mizrahi-Tefahot launches NIS 1,000 savings grant for Israeli children born since October 7
The initiative, framed as “a new beginning” to promote long-term financial security, targets what the bank calls “children of the war.”
Smotrich threatens to double tax on Israeli banks if consumer benefits canceled
According to the Finance Ministry, the tax will bring in NIS 1.13 billion in 2026, rising to NIS 1.5 billion each year from 2027 to 2029.
Ogen unveils roadmap for Israel’s first social bank
New banking model aimed at serving households, small businesses, and nonprofits left behind by commercial banking system
LeumiTech and IVC wrap up 2025 with first findings from their joint high-tech report
Cyber and AI led fundraising; defense tech reached an all-time high; Israeli technology companies raised $11.1 billion in 2025, marking a 15% increase compared to 2024.
$100B from Israel is waiting for American tech companies
Israel is no longer just an innovation hub. It has become a global capital market with the scale and sophistication to influence even the world’s largest public companies
Bank Hapoalim receives 'Accessible Organization' certificate from Access Israel
In its announcement, Access Israel said the certificate reflects the bank’s commitment to ensuring that “every customer, without exception,” can receive “independent, respectful and equal” service.
Your Taxes: What Israelis should review before tax year closes
The Israel-Hamas War has added to the government’s budgetary needs. So, taxes won’t be cut any time soon.
