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Foreign Exchange Reserves in the Bank of Israel, February 2015
March 6th, 2015
Israel’s foreign exchange reserves at the end of February 2015 stood at $85,316 million, an increase of $651 million from their level at the end of January 2015. The increase was the result of: a. A revaluation* that increased the ...
Israel nature reserve oil spill ‘one of country’s worst environmental disasters’
December 4th, 2014
Millions of litres of oil gushing out of a breached pipeline flooded a desert nature reserve in Israel overnight, causing one of the country’s worst environmental disasters, officials and media said. Three people were hospitalised after inhaling fumes released by an ...
Chinese, Russian Lenders to Back Israel’s eToro
November 24th, 2014
Chinese financial powerhouse Ping An and Russia’s largest lender Sberbank are in advanced discussions to back Israeli online trading company eToro, according to people familiar with the matter, as Chinese interest in Israel’s technology sector heats up. The company ...
Israeli police arrests Mexican Bitcoin blackmail
November 3rd, 2014
A 34 year old man was arrested at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on suspicion he had stolen information during the last few months and demanded Bitcoin worth millions of shekels in order not to disclose information. Cyber ...
JPMorgan-to-Apple Data Scares Spur Israeli Stock’s Surge
September 8th, 2014
With each successive data breach scare that’s hit corporate America in recent weeks, from JPMorgan Chase & Co. to Apple Inc. and then Home Depot Inc., the shares of an Israeli cyber-security giant have bounced higher. While smaller rivals ...
At Bank’s Terrorism Trial, Victim Testifies About Suicide Bombing in Israeli Bar
August 22nd, 2014
Mr. Faudem recalled that he and his girlfriend soon ducked back inside, and he remembered seeing a friend, whose birthday it was, onstage singing. “Then, the explosion. The explosion. There was a bomb,” Mr. Faudem testified on Thursday. “I ...
Israel’s Matomy says new requirement paves way for London float
July 8th, 2014
Israeli digital advertising firm Matomy Media Group said on Monday its renewed bid to float on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) comes after the bourse made its requirements more accommodating. Matomy, which counts American Express and HSBC among its ...
UAE defies fintech slowdown with a 92% jump in funding — against a global plunge of 48%
January 26th, 2024
KEY POINTS Data from industry body Innovate Finance shows that global investment in fintechs sank to $51.2 billion in 2023, down 48% from 2022. Despite that, the UAE saw total investment soar 92%, thanks in part to more fintech-friendly ...
Fraudulent online investment platform: five arrests of high-value targets
April 21st, 2023
Eurojust and Europol have supported a new coordinated action against a fraudulent online investment platform, which has so far cost at least 33 000 victims an estimated EUR 89 million. At the request of the German authorities, two action ...
Large-scale online investment fraud network with hundreds of victims across Europe
May 27th, 2021
On 11 May 2021, a large criminal network involved in investment fraud and money laundering was dismantled as a result of a cross border operation supported by Europol and Eurojust. The investigation, led by Germany, involved law enforcement and ...
