Search Results for: Tel Aviv
Can the entire Israeli Binary Options industry shut down?
March 2nd, 2017
At Knesset session, supporters of widely fraudulent industry that fleeces victims worldwide say bill to ban it would put 80,000 Israelis out of work. Unfazed, regulators, police and legislators vow to expedite law Two advocates for Israel’s widely fraudulent ...
Bank of Israel keeps the interest rate unchanged
February 28th, 2017
Inflation data: The Consumer Price Index for January declined by 0.2 percent, in line with the average of forecasters’ projections. There were seasonal declines this month in the clothing and footwear component (9.2 percent), in the housing component (0.5 ...
Huge gas finds in Mediterranean Sea waiting to be tapped
February 16th, 2017
Huge gas finds in Mediterranean Sea waiting to be tapped As the helicopter roars its way west from the Tel Aviv coast, two dots emerge from the featureless blue. Closer up, they begin to take shape: Giant platforms for ...
Liverpool Gets Its Own Digital Currency
February 6th, 2017
Liverpool, home of the 1960s English rock band, The Beatles, has become the latest destination to launch its own digital currency. Launched a month ago by Colu, a Tel Aviv-based technology company, the Liverpool Local Pound (LLP) already has ...
Demand Soars for Colored Diamonds
January 28th, 2017
Last spring, Mahyar Makhzani, a Geneva-based fund manager, placed a 4.08-carat pear-shaped gem against special ultrawhite paper and peered at it through his eyeglass. He liked what he saw. Several days later, after 10 minutes of negotiation on the ...
Israel issues largest ever Euro Bond offering on London Stock Exchange
January 18th, 2017
Israel’s €2.25 billion 10 & 20 year government bonds start trading on London Stock Exchange today First non-European sovereign to issue a euro-denominated bond in 20 year tenor Euro-denominated debt listing is the first for Israel in three years ...
Lithuania is looking to attract FinTech companies
December 5th, 2016
Of all the cities lining up to poach London’s business post-Brexit, Vilnius might seem the most unlikely. Yet the Lithuanian capital has much to offer financial firms, from liveability and local talent to cutting-edge fintech regulation. Euromoney visits a ...
ISA Israel: iTrader financial firm’s managers and some employees defrauded traders
November 14th, 2016
Senior iTrader executives were arrested on suspicion of aggravated fraud, securities violations, and other crimes. Managers at the iTrader trading firm and some of its employees were part of a well-oiled and organized machine for defrauding and abusing clients ...
Gas would start flowing from the Mediterranean offshore field in 2020
November 7th, 2016
The Leviathan partners – Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) units Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) and Delek Drilling LP (TASE: DEDR.L), and Ratio Oil Exploration (1992) LP (TASE:RATI.L) today notified the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) that gas would start flowing from the Mediterranean offshore field ...
Singapore vs. London: Who Wins the Fintech Title?
November 7th, 2016
According to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Singapore is not far from surpassing London to claim the title of top fintech hub of the world. The ACCA’s September report noted that the world should “keep an eye on Asia” as red tape ...
