FinTech

Erdinast Ben Nathan Toledano is at the forefront of the legal market in Israel’s FinTech industry. We advise innovative startups, significant financial institutions, and global technology companies across the full spectrum of legal and regulatory matters in the digital financial space. Our team combines regulatory insight, commercial understanding, and technological capabilities to deliver exceptional legal solutions that support innovation, proper risk mitigation, and long-term growth.

Comprehensive Expertise Across the FinTech Ecosystem

EBN’s FinTech practice draws on the firm’s multidisciplinary capabilities and provides end-to-end legal guidance team is uniquely positioned at the intersection of technology, finance, and regulation. We advise on all aspects of the FinTech ecosystem, including:

• Venture Capital & Private Equity: Representing leading VC and PE funds in investments and exits, including landmark transactions such as the USD 1.3 billion acquisition of a majority stake in BioCatch by Permira.
• Financial Institutions: Providing ongoing counseling to significant financial institutions, investment houses, and insurance companies on regulatory compliance, M&A, data governance, and digital transformation.
• Payments & Digital Platforms: Advising payment service providers and technology companies on regulatory frameworks, data protection, and commercial agreements, including collaborations with major credit card issuers and innovative payment solutions.
• Cybersecurity & Data Protection: Delivering strategic guidance on privacy, cybersecurity, and data monetization, with a focus on compliance with Israeli and international standards (GDPR, CCPA).
• Algo Trading & AI: Supporting algorithmic trading firms and AI-driven financial platforms in IP protection, cross-border agreements, and regulatory navigation.

Our team has led some of the most significant FinTech transactions in Israel, including:

• Advising Isracard, Israel’s largest credit card company, in its NIS 3.56 billion acquisition by Delek Group.
• Represented Permira in the acquisition of a majority stake in BioCatch Ltd., a global leader in behavioral biometrics, at a company valuation of USD 1.305 billion.
• Representing Pluxee Israel (Cibus) in strategic partnerships and market-expanding collaborations in the payments sector.
• Guiding the establishment of new digital banks and innovative financial platforms, driving competition and technological advancement in the Israeli market.
• Representing commercial transactions involving payments technology solutions with a regulatory lookout.