as tase poli industry financial services founded 1921 ; 95 years ago 1921 headquarters tel aviv israel key people ari pinto ceo products banking revenue 14.32 billion 2015 net income 3.08 billion 2015 total assets 431 63 billion 2015 number of employees 11 930 2015 website bankhapoalim.co.il bankhapoalim.com bank hapoalim hebrew lit . the workers bank is israel s largest bank . the bank has a significant presence in global financial markets . in israel it has over 600 atms automated teller machines 250 bank branches 7 regional business centers 22 business branches and industry desks for major corporate customers . the bank s stock is traded on the tel aviv stock exchange . contents 1 history 2 global presence 2.1 uk 2.2 north america 2.3 europe 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit bank hapoalim haifa the bank was established in 1921 by the histadrut the israeli trade union congress lit . general federation of laborers in the land of israel and the zionist organisation . the bank was owned by the histadrut until 1983 when it was nationalized following the bank stock crisis . the bank was held by the israeli government until 1996 when it was sold to a group of investors led by ted arison . shari arison owner of arison holdings which controls bank hapoalim as of the end of 2015 the bank has 11 930 employees worldwide . it is controlled by arison holdings which is owned by shari arison . arison holdings owns a total of 20 per cent of the bank . in january 2014 pggm the second largest dutch pension fund and danske bank decided to no longer invest in bank hapoalim due to its involvement in the financing of settlements in the palestinian territories because they considered it illegal under international law . 1 following discussions between danske bank and bank hapoalim danske bank reversed its decision and removed bank hapoalim from its exclusion list in november 2015 . global presence edit the bank operates several international subsidiaries including uk edit in the city of london and poalim asset management uk limited . north america edit in the united states new york city california & miami and in canada . europe edit bhi private banking switzerland bank hapoalim switzerland ltd. zurich geneva luxembourg south america and the cayman islands . see also edit economy of israel references edit 1 external links edit international website israeli website hebrew v t e companies of the ta 25 index companies of israel avner oil exploration azrieli group bezeq cellcom delek delek drilling elbit systems fibi frutarom gazit globe hapoalim israel chemicals israel corporation israel discount bank isramco leumi mizrahi tefahot nice opko health ormat technologies osem paz oil company perrigo company strauss group teva v t e banks in israel central bank bank of israel major banks bank hapoalim bank leumi arab israel bank israel discount bank mercantile discount bank other banks bank of jerusalem bank mizrahi tefahot first international bank of israel bank otsar ha hayal union bank of israel see also banking in israel retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bank hapoalim & oldid 743068186 categories banks of israelisraeli companies listed on the london stock exchangecompanies based in tel avivcompanies listed on tasehidden categories articles containing hebrew language textarticles with hebrew language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages catal e tinadeutschespa ol fran ais norsk bokm l suomi edit links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 16 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view