Israel business

Israelis spent NIS 51.6 billion on debit and credit cards in October, up 12.5% year-on-year

Online transactions accounted for approximately NIS 29.5 b. in spending, up 15.8% from October last year.

Credit card payment.
Intel research and development office in Matam business park in Haifa.

Maala: The ESG engine quietly rewiring Israeli corporate culture

New compensation track launched for protection racket victims.

Up to NIS 2 million: New compensation track launched for protection racket victims

Israelis have become exceptionally good at building when the plan keeps changing.

Built for uncertainty - opinion


Israeli AI security company Alice raises $140m. in latest financing round

Alice provides AI safety solutions across the full lifecycle of AI systems. The financing round brings the total amount raised to $280 million

AI is reshaping the digital world, raising questions about who owns and controls our personal data.

Tech Talk: Acronis pushes AI beyond recommendations with new autonomous IT platform

Software vendors are now trying to move beyond the recommendation model. Rather than telling IT teams what should happen, the next generation of AI is beginning to carry out parts of the work itself.

Jan-Jaap Jager, CEO of Acronis.

Michigan is not turning away from Israel – opinion

America’s political area will have no impact on the economic, technological, and personal ties between Israelis and Michiganians

ATTACHING TIRES to the chassis of an F-150 pickup truck at Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Michigan, in 2024.

Gratitude in a box: How we’re delivering hope to Israel’s heroes this Rosh Hashanah

One package alone can support a family-owned business, strengthen an entire community, and remind people thousands of miles apart that they are connected

Items in the new Rosh Hashanah Support package, available on the Mitzvah Marketplace

Israel's quantum leap: Building a national hub for the next tech revolution - interview

“AI requires, on one hand, a lot of technology, which Israel excels in, but also from the other end, it needs for the data centers, lots of land and lots of energy, which Israel does not have."

Portrait of a female researcher standing before a quantum computer. (Ilustrative)

'Deals happen outside meetings': Hakibbutz unveils first Israeli startup home in New York City

"We didn't want to build just another office space. We wanted to create a place that people and companies genuinely want to be part of," said Amir Wolner, Founder and CEO of Hakibbutz.

The New York City skyline and the Empire State Building, as wildfire smoke impacts air quality in New York City, US, July 17, 2026.

Israel's tech employees cost more than US counterparts

Tech workers in Israel are currently 2.4 times more expensive than their counterparts in Poland, Lithuania, Romania, and Ukraine

People walk near office towers at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020

The curse of being Israel's most valuable company

Tower's share price has jumped nearly 900% in the past five years, but less than 24 hours after reaching the top, the world's chip stocks plummeted, and Tower's share price tumbled 10.79%

In January, Israel’s Ministry of Defense signed a multi-year contract with Semiconductor Devices valued at approximately $115 million (NIS 380 million).

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

A bunch of Israeli New Shekel banknotes in the hand on the Bills background.Conceptual Image for Finance and Banking

Evolving regional economic opportunities

The UAE as a strategic economic partner

David Alexander, Deputy CEO of Phoenix Financial