Tagged: bank of israel

October 26, 2026 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Israel’s central bank has publicly rejected a proposal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to prepare for possible international sanctions by building an alternative financial system that relies on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. The unusual rebuke arrived just days before the country’s parliamentary elections, underscoring deep… Read More

March 5, 2025 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of Israel released its preliminary design for the Digital Shekel System and sees public feedback. At the end of 2024, the digital shekel project reached a major milestone with the completion of a high-level design for the DS. The design document is being… Read More

March 1, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of Israel has issued a framework providing international payment service providers access to regulated payment systems in Israel. Effective immediately, this framework “enables such entities to provide services to the public in Israel, relying on a license issued in a foreign country.” The… Read More

January 27, 2020 @ 12:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A newly launched Israeli virtual bank founded by experienced tech professionals Amnon Shashua and Marius Nacht will begin offering banking services to clients at some point next year, according to an update posted by the financial institution on January 27. As of this report, no… Read More

December 24, 2018 @ 10:18 am By Cali Haan  |  

The Central Bank of Israel is soliciting position papers from the general public regarding how the country should support and regulate domestic cryptocurrency/security token ventures and distributed ledger technology (DLT) for finance in the country. The bank has assembled a team (“The Interministerial Team for Regulatory… Read More