"How did the board approve this?" Headlines like this pop up each time it is announced the Israel Securities Authority is investigating a public company's transactions... But the real question that should be asked is, "Was the board given the right tools to perform its work?"

One of the common remuneration mechanisms in startups and technology companies is the granting of options to employees in addition to or, sometimes, in lieu of, the traditional remuneration component – the cash salary.

Fintech combines for the first time the worlds of financial services and technology, as banks and insurance companies serve as fintech's main playing fields. Fintech combines for the first time the worlds of financial services and technology, as banks and insurance companies serve as fintech's main playing fields

The mechanism that was devised provides various incentives, both to interested apartment-owners in relevant buildings and to various developers, to engage in an agreement for an NOP project.

Distributors, agents, resellers and OEM partners all share the same commercial function of selling goods to end users.

The speed in which vast and complex "bits" can now be processed is staggering.

It has certainly been an interesting 2017 in the Israeli Hi-Tech world, here is a rundown of 5 highlights, in case you missed them.