Israel Banks & Banking – Acronyms & Abbreviations

Acronyms and abbreviations are used daily in both written and spoken Hebrew for example, when recommending your bank to your cousin who just made Aliyah, you would say “I bank at BALAL”.  BALAL is the Hebrew acronym for Bank Leumi L’Yisrael – בל”ל.

OSH is another must-know term – עו”ש – and it refers to a current checking account.

Here are a few more

• A complete list of banking terms with Hebrew, English and transliterations
• Watch the video – Hebrew banking terms every oleh needs to know
• Israel banking made simple