- CEO
- Yadin Antebi
- Full Time Employees
- 8,409
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Address
- 50 Rothschild Boulevard Tel Aviv TA Israel
- IPO Date
- Sep 17, 2009
- Business
- Bank Hapoalim B.M. (POLI; BKHPF) operates as one of Israel's largest banks, providing comprehensive retail, corporate, private, and institutional banking services; capital market activities including securities trading, brokerage, custody, currency and derivatives trading, investment portfolio management, underwriting, and issuance management; financial management, research, advisory, and pension services; housing and commercial loans, deposits, savings plans, foreign exchange, cash management, and foreign trade financing; as well as digital banking solutions via platforms such as Hapoalim Internet, Hapoalim Mobile, and the Bit payment application. The bank, founded in 1921 and headquartered at 50 Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, Israel, maintains over 250 branches, 600 ATMs, and business centers across Israel, with international operations primarily through its New York branch serving Israeli companies in the US, Hapoalim Switzerland, Bank Pozitif in Turkey, and global correspondent banking relationships in the Americas and Europe. It caters to households, small and mid-sized businesses, large corporations, foreign residents, and institutional clients through divisions including Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Financial Markets and International Banking, and Innovation and Strategy. Recent developments include the appointment of Yadin Antebi as CEO in August 2024 succeeding Dov Kotler and Noam Hanegbi as Chairman of the Board in 2025; sustained growth momentum in 2024 with strong loan expansion and operating profit at 2.9% of risk-weighted assets in 1H25 despite tighter margins; Fitch Ratings affirming its 'A-' issuer default rating with a revised Stable outlook from Negative in October 2025, citing resilient asset quality (impaired loans ratio of 0.5%), adequate CET1 capital buffers at 12%, and a diversified deposit base; an ongoing equity buyback program tranche update in November 2025; and participation in the Bank of Israel's NIS 3 billion lending outline from Q2 2025 to Q1 2027.