Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar demands urgent discussion on the cancellation of 200 shekel banknotes or specific series that ...

The foreign minister asked Netanyahu to hold an urgent meeting on the matter in a bid to put more financial stress on Hamas.The post Sa’ar calls to advance 200-shekel bill ...

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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar submits request to Bank of Israel Governor to revoke legal tender of 200 shekel bills in order ...

This aligns with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar's view, after he asked the Governor of the Bank of Israel last week to cancel all 200 shekel bills in order to cripple Hamas's finances.

On April 1st, at the KPMG offices in Tel Aviv, several dozen people gathered for a meeting of the “CBDC IL Forum” to hear representatives from academia, the Bank of Israel, and KPMG present ...

A growing number of residents are quietly expressing frustration at Hamas’s refusal to release hostages taken during the October 7 attacks.

Why has the shekel weakened sharply against the euro? The euro is reacting with a sharp gain against the Israeli currency. The reason for this is the effects of the various exchange rate changes. The ...

Last week, the Bank of Israel published a preliminary design of the central bank’s Digital Shekel system. In a detailed document, holding more than 100 pages, the Bank of Israel presents guiding ...

The CBDC IL Forum’s meeting brochure Study: The Israeli Public’s Willingness to Adopt a Digital Shekel Dr. Nir Yaacobi from the Digital Shekel team at the Bank of Israel shared that participants in ...