It’s 2008 the sub-prime mortgage market has collapsed and banks aren’t lending. The government needs to get some juice back into the economy and get people spending. It doesn’t wa…| Yoni Assia
In my previous blog I wrote about Tel Aviv’s regulatory challenges in dealing with industry changes. I am delighted to see that the financial regulator in the UK, the FCA has set up an initia…| Yoni Assia
I had the awesome opportunity of speaking at the Geektime Conference this month, on a panel talking about whether Israel could become a hub of global fintech. The internet company I founded, eToro …| Yoni Assia
Remember last year, when everyone was going nuts over Snapchat’s rejection of Facebook’s 3bn offer to buy the company? a few thoughts I had about this when reading this week’s new…| Yoni Assia
Eric Schmidt believes it and so do we. Technology will soon enable people to have all the information they need in the palm of their hands regardless of wealth status. He has set up a fund Innovati…| Yoni Assia
Experience the impossible. Interact with those that are not around you, experience their experiences. Facebook intends to take sharing to a new level with its 2B USD acquisition of the virtual real…| Yoni Assia
The evolution of the social web over the past 24 months has been fascinating. We are kind of witnessing a social revolution within the social revolution. Social web 2.0. It looks like the world wen…| Yoni Assia
Let’s cast our minds back to Peter Thiel’s Start-up Course that we teach here at eToro. Recent tragic events reminded me of this particular class. It is now well over a month since flight MH1…| Yoni Assia
I wanted to take the time to reflect on what has been a truely revolutionary year 2013. I don’t think anyone, including myself, had dared to imagine what a year of change it would be for all of u…| Yoni Assia
We recently were accepted into the Future Fifty programme- a UK governmental programme designed to accelerate a select group of high-growth stage tech. The formal event took place together with the…| Yoni Assia