- Business
- Bank of Jerusalem Ltd. (TASE: JBNK) provides commercial banking services in Israel, focusing on retail, private, business, institutional, and financial management segments. The bank offers deposit products including savings and checking accounts, structured deposits; personal loans such as new and used car loans, loans secured by deposits, mortgage loans, foreign currency loans; credit cards; housing credit, retail credit, and financing for residential construction; independent trading services on capital markets, investment advisory, interactive brokerage; current account management; private banking services to non-residents; consumer banking, corporate banking, finance and insurance, investment banking, private equity, securities, asset management, and wealth management. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Jerusalem with additional offices at Airport City, the bank operates approximately 18-25 branches across Israel and maintains subsidiaries including Bank of Jerusalem Trust Company Ltd., Ir Shalem Insurance Agency (1996) Ltd., Jerusalem Financing and Issuance (2005) Ltd., and Tomer Jerusalem Ltd.; it is controlled by Export Investment Corp. Ltd., a public company owned by the Shoval family. In late 2024, Bank of Jerusalem pursued a strategic reverse merger with Isracard Ltd., raising its all-share bid to value the credit card company at NIS 3.8-4.2 billion in a proposed deal jump acquisition, competing with offers from Delek Group and Menora Mivtachim, with Isracard's board set to decide by January 15, 2025; the bank also launched a precedent-setting NIS 500 million private mortgage-backed securitization with high international ratings in 2025 to enhance liquidity.