Israel awards license to new digital bank


JERUSALEM, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Israel's banking regulator on Sunday approved the establishment of a new digital bank, Esh Bank Israel, in a rare move in the country's highly concentrated banking sector.

The Bank of Israel, Israel's central bank, said in a statement that the license was granted to a group of Israeli entrepreneurs after its supervision department completed an inspection of Esh Bank Israel.

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