Business

Visa buys Israel's BioCatch for $2.4b

The American payments giant is acquiring the Israeli AI firm, which protects hundreds of millions of users worldwide from financial fraud.

Gadi Mazor, BioCatch CEO
General view of the Lahav 433 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod on August 2, 2026.

Lahav 433 questions figure close to senior Likud circles over alleged concealment of assets

A woman using a laptop to shop online

AI-driven search surges: Consumers shift to buying in chat

Detail view of US Vice President JD Vance motorcade is seen at the Serena Hotel shortly after his arrival on April 11, 2026 at Islamabad, Pakistan; Illustrative.

Pakistan aims to double US trade to $20 billion in five years


Record sale for a women's basketball team: Connecticut Sun sold for $300 million

Huge deal in the WNBA: The Fertitta family, owners of the Houston Rockets, purchased the team for the highest amount in league history.

The WNBA team Connecticut Sun

Intel, Startup Nation Central name three Israeli start-ups as Edge AI Tech Challenge winners

Taking first place was Secondly, a startup founded by serial entrepreneur Adam Cohen Hillel, which is developing an AI assistant designed to maintain long-term memory of a user's preferences.

The winners of Startup Nation Central and Intel's Edge AI Tech Challenge pose for a picture.

Former Austrian chancellor Kurz's Dream hits $3b. valuation in AI funding round

Dream raised $260 million in a new funding round, bringing its valuation to $3 billion and total capital raised to $412 million as governments race to control their own AI systems.

Dream co-founders Shalev Hulio and Sebastian Kurz

Why do businesspeople buy sports teams?

From sophisticated tax benefits, through a shortcut to regulators, to critical real estate engines – the hidden premiums of the football and basketball world.

Kenneth Walker from the Seattle Seahawks

SailPoint acquires Israeli startup Entro for approximately $200 million

The Tel Aviv–based company, a leader in non-human identity (NHI) security, will assist the American giant in sealing security breaches in the era of autonomous agents.

Itzik Alvas, co-founder and CEO, and Adam Shriki, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Entro Security

GMT is acquired by Western Union for NIS 200 million

The Ramat Hachayal–based fintech company, which employs approximately 100 workers, is being acquired by Western Union in a transaction valued at approximately NIS 200 million.

Eran Sarouk, CEO of GMT

Israeli supermarket chain made NIS 99m. from Gaza sales in one quarter

The list of companies that sell goods to the Gaza Strip is not publicly available but any approved business in the Gaza Strip that meets the criteria of COGAT is allowed to buy from Israeli suppliers

A branch of the Victory Supermarket chain

El Al signs codeshare deal with Latvian flag carrier airBaltic, expanding northern European network

El Al has signed a new codeshare agreement with airBaltic, expanding access to European destinations via Riga starting July 1.

El Al and Latvian airline airBaltic launch a codeshare agreement, June 15, 2026.

Seph Fontane Pennock: The serial entrepreneur who turned patient frustration into regenerated

"There's a regulatory vacuum in regenerative medicine, and patients are the ones paying the price."

Tiv Taam establishes a robotic fulfillment system for its online operations

The food group is establishing an advanced robot system using AutoStore technology at its logistics center in Rishon Lezion, which is expected to triple the order pace.

Tiv Taam is establishing an advanced robot system using AutoStore technology at its logistics center in Rishon Lezion