Bonds & Shares

The evolution of Israel Banking as reflected in the Barlev collection of securities certificates The land of Israel, or Palestine,

In 1902, Herzl initiated the founding of a subsidiary, the Anglo-Palestine Company (better known as APC), which would operate as

The Jewish Colonial Trust (Juedische Colonialbank) Ltd. Was the Zionist Movement’s banking  arm. A decision to establish the bank was

The Bank of Jerusalem was established in 1963 on the initiative of Zalman Shoval – later a  member of the

Otzar Hashilton Hamekomi was founded in 1953, as an exclusive channel for the Israeli  Government to transfer funds to municipalities

  “Lately, our land has been blessed with dozens of banks – both banks and ‘banks’… and there seems to

The Rothschilds – the world’s most famous banking dynasty – owned a bank in Israel as well. Though small, it  nevertheless

The Trade Bank was established in the mid-1930s and operated out of a single branch in Tel Aviv. The bank  became

The Industrial Development Bank of Israel Ltd. was one of three banks established by the Government of Israel  in the 1950s

The company was established in October 1940 by the Farmers’ Federation of the Land of Israel, as a mortgage  bank for