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Travel Payments‘Travel Bubbles’ Key To Getting Consumers To Travel Cross Border
The summer travel season is upon the Northern Hemisphere, and while many consumers would normally be setting their sights on visiting new...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsIntel Eyes Purchase Of Traffic Data Firm Moovit For $1B
American technology giant Intel has acquired Israel’s public transit app Moovit for $1 billion. Some 10 percent of the purchase price is...
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CoronavirusCivil Rights Group Wants Halt To Israeli Cellphone Monitoring For Virus
Activists for human rights and civil liberties have asked Israel’s top court to put a stop to cellphone monitoring by the state...
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CoronavirusIsrael To Use Terrorism-Tracking Tech To Fight Virus Spread
The government in Israel approved cell phone tracking in an effort to contain the coronavirus as the number of those infected rose...
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InternationalCoronavirus Cases Surpass 1,000 in Japan; Amazon Office Worker Confirmed Case
The coronavirus could have wide-reaching effects on eCommerce, sporting events, travel, technology, and the economy as a whole. Here are the latest...
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InvestmentsIsraeli Tech Startups Boost Funding 30 Pct. YOY
Israel’s technology sector had a banner year in 2019, raising $8.3 billion in 522 deals, a 30 percent growth over 2018, ZAG...
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CryptocurrencyBitcoin Daily: SEC Demands Telegram’s ICO Allocations; Coinbase CEO Expects To See 1B Blockchain Users By Decade’s End
Venkata S. Meenavalli, CEO of the cryptocurrency firm Longfin, has agreed to settle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and pay...
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IPORegulators Believe Jefferies’ IPO Will Increase Israeli Tech Listings
Israel is hoping to get more tech company listings on its stock exchange with help from U.S. securities firm Jefferies. The Tel...
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FacebookFacebook Accuses Cybersecurity Firm Of Using WhatsApp In Malware Attack
Facebook is filing a lawsuit against NSO Group, an Israeli cybersecurity company, alleging that it hacked WhatsApp users, according to CNBC. Facebook...
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Digital BankingIsrael Approves New Digital Bank
The Bank of Israel is green lighting a new digital bank — the country’s first new financial institution in decades. The digital...
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InnovationIsraeli PayTech Firms Team With Visa’s Tel Aviv Innovation Center
Tel Aviv’s new Visa Innovation Center is teaming up with three Israeli payment technology startups to offer more payment solutions, Reuters reported...
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AmazonAmazon Launches Hebrew-Language Site To Draw Israeli Sellers
Amazon launched a Hebrew-language site on Wednesday (Aug. 21) in a bid to get Israeli companies to sell through the company in...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Binance To Launch Regional “Libra-Like” Currency; Coinbase Left 3K User Passwords Unprotected
Binance has announced plans to launch its blockchain project, Venus, to develop localized stablecoins and digital assets pegged to fiat currencies across...
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FacebookFacebook Launches New ‘Playground’ Hub For Israeli Startups
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg was in Tel Aviv on Wednesday (Aug. 14) to introduce the social media giant’s “Playground” as a new...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Block.one Crypto Startup Nets Shareholders 6,567 Pct. Return; US Copyright Office Refutes Claim Of Bitcoin ‘Inventor’
There is some very big news for early investors in Block.one: The cryptocurrency startup will return as much as 6,567 percent in...
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InvestmentsRide-Hailing Startup Gett Nets $200M In Funding
Gett, an Israel-based ride-hailing startup that focuses on high-end B2B clients, has raised $200 million, which places its value at $1.5 billion,...
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AmazonAmazon Invites Israeli Merchants To Sell Through Its Website
Amazon is expanding in the Israeli market, reportedly inviting select retailers to sell their products locally through its website. According to a...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsWalmart Buys Israeli Startup Focused On Natural Language Processing
Walmart announced Tuesday (Feb. 26) it has acquired Aspectiva, the Israel-based startup that is focused on natural language processing capabilities. In a...
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VISAVisa Invests In Israeli Startup Behalf
Visa announced Tuesday (August 7) that it has made an investment in and inked a partnership with Behalf, an Israeli startup. In a...
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InvestmentsRBC Investing $2M In Ben-Gurion University’s Cybersecurity Research Center
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, announced this week...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Gun Sellers Turn To Crypto, Bitcoin Makes Divorces Even Messier
It was a good day for bitcoin, CNBC reported. In late morning trading on Monday (Feb. 26), the cryptocurrency jumped to nearly...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: The Cost Of Bitcoin Mining, Diamonds Are Crypto’s Best Friend
Even in the face of government regulation, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are bullish on cryptocurrency, Bloomberg reported. “These technologies can’t flourish and grow...
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BitcoinIsrael’s Central Bank Says Bitcoin Is An Asset
An asset, not a currency. So declared Israel’s central bank, which said Monday, as reported by Reuters, that it would not view...
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B2B PaymentsIsrael Considers Cryptocurrency For Faster Payments
Israel could be turning to cryptocurrencies to accelerate its payments system. Reports in Reuters this week said the Bank of Israel is...
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Digital PaymentsTel Aviv Stock Exchange Could Ban Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies
Israel is gearing up to ban bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, reported Reuters. Shmuel Hauser, chairman of...
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Digital PaymentsIsrael Gunning To Be Cryptocurrencies’ Global Headquarters
Should Israel embrace cryptocurrencies wholeheartedly? It deserves a look, in an effort to bring the country along as an international hub for...
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Internet of ThingsKaramba And Securing The Connected Car Future
The connected car future is more or less becoming the connected car present, and with that changeover, cars are becoming more than...
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RetailHobby Lobby Pays $3M in Iraqi Artifact Smuggling Case
Arts and craft megastore Hobby Lobby is in hot water. After buying Iraqi archeological artifacts back in 2010, the Christian-based retail chain...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsSymantec Beefs Up Its Security Offerings With Fireglass Buy
Symantec, the cybersecurity company, made news on Thursday (July 6) with its acquisition of Fireglass, the Israeli agentless isolation solution startup. In...
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Security & FraudIntel Becomes A Strategic Partner In Team8
Intel, the semiconductor company, has become a strategic partner in Team8, an Israeli creator of cybersecurity startups. According to a report in...
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Security & FraudMicrosoft Buys Hexadite To Help Companies Protect Cybersecurity
Microsoft announced Thursday (June 8) it has signed an agreement to acquire Hexadite, a company delivering agentless, automatic incident investigation and remediation...
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InnovationRoboteam Gearing Up To Launch Jetson-Like Consumer Robot
Roboteam, the Tel Aviv company that sells robots to militaries around the globe, is branching into the consumer market. According to a report...
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InnovationSamsung Eyes Engineering Hotspot Of Israel
Samsung and Apple are both pursuing startups and a lead in the artificial intelligence technology innovation race. Samsung has opened an early-stage...
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PayPal Gives Palestinian Tech Firms The Cold Shoulder
In a controversy that may bring Middle East politics to the payments realm, PayPal is being petitioned by dozens of Palestinian firms...
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Security & FraudHackers’ New Tool? Computer Fan Sounds
Where there’s a will, there’s a way – and the statement can’t me more true when it comes to hackers. As Wired...
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Expanding The Reach Of Israel’s Tech Innovation
Israel may be small, but the country packs a mighty technology punch. The “startup nation” is recognized for not just brimming with...
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InternationalTel Aviv Fuels Israel’s ‘Startup Nation’ Reputation
Israel may be a small country, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in tech innovation. And at the...
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Security & FraudIsrael’s Team8 Locks In $23M For Cybersecurity Firms
Cybersecurity company Team8 announced Tuesday (Feb. 23) that it closed a $23 million funding round. The funding round adds AT&T, Accenture, Nokia,...
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Israel’s Cyber Expertise Driving Connected Car Security
Some of the best hope right now for preventing the digital takeover of vehicles is coming out of Israel. The cybersecurity firm...
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NewsMicrosoft Bets Big On Cybercrime
Microsoft is ramping up its muscle power to monetize the fast-growing cybersecurity industry, which is expected to grow by over $90 billion...
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InternationalWhere Cybersecurity Startups Look For Top Talent
Amid increased competition for programmers and the ongoing hunt for funding, many Israeli tech startups are looking outside the box to recruit...
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InternationalProtecting Through Deception: The Latest Cybersecurity Trend
With a unique approach to beating cybercriminals at their own game, cybersecurity company illusive networks announced yesterday (Oct. 20) that it secured $22...
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NewsFive Places Where Cybersecurity Has Its Own Hub
In today’s cybercrime-ridden world, it’s rare to skim the headlines without seeing one about the latest company or government agency that has fallen victim...
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InternationalGoogle’s Waze Maps Out Carpooling Plan
Google’s Waze posted a call on its blog yesterday (July 6) for all Israeli Wazers who commute in Gush Dan, Israel, to take...
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NewsUK Government raises awareness on cyber security
According to UK government research published this week, the average cost of the most severe online security breaches for a big business...
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MasterCard Masters Of Code Competition Comes To Israel
The first European edition of MasterCard’s hackathon will soon begin — in Tel Aviv. The global payments technology company announced yesterday (May...
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NewsPayPal’s Cybersecurity Firm Acquisition Official
Barely a month after agreeing to buy Israeli predictive-security startup CyActive, PayPal announced on Thursday (April 9) that it has closed the...
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Alibaba’s Israeli Cybersecurity Connection
Alibaba’s long list of major investments across the globe has expanded further into Israel with an alleged $15 million investment into Jerusalem Venture...
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B2B PaymentsSWIFT Says It “Has No Authority” To Unplug Russia Or Israel
Global financial-messaging network SWIFT will not unplug either Russia or Israel from the system unless the European Union officially adopts appropriate sanctions,...
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ControversialWhy Israel is the Hot Bed for Payments Start-Ups
Israel, with its emerging tech scene embodied by the entrepreneurs of "Silicon Boulevard" in Tel Aviv, has gotten the world's attention as...
