Two Israel banks were listed today by the American Banker, daily banking newspaper, among the 500 largest commercial banks in the free world.
The two banks were the Bank of Israel in Jerusalem, with deposits equivalent to $179, 510, 607, the 332nd largest bank, and the Bank Leumi le-Israel in Tel Aviv, with deposits equivalent to $147,116, 547, the 372nd largest bank.
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