Court rulings database
A free database of court decisions in which Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Mizrahi Tefahot Leasing or Bank Igud (Union Bank) were held liable, agreed to a settlement, or in which the court certified a class action against them. Each decision has a page with the case number, the court, the date, the outcome and a link to the source.
The database answers a question people search for on Google: have the courts already ruled against Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, and on what matter. It includes 39 decisions from 2007 to 2026. 20 of them are in class actions, and the rest are in civil claims, appeals, execution proceedings and the Antitrust Tribunal.
The database includes decisions in which the bank was ordered to pay or undertook to pay, and also decisions that certified a class action against it. These are marked separately, because they have not yet decided the claim on the merits. The number of claims pending against the bank is much larger: in its financial report for the first quarter of 2025, the bank itself disclosed 16 material motions to certify a class action against it and its subsidiaries (Note 10 to the report). A claimed amount is not a liability.
39 decisions
Judge Shmuel Bornstein certified a class action against four banks, including Mizrahi Tefahot, over the non-payment of interest on credit balances in current accounts, on the cause of action of unjust enrichment. The …
The court approved a settlement under which Mizrahi Tefahot will pay NIS 5.5 million to the Class Actions Fund and improve disclosure to customers on the calculation of early repayment fees on multi-track mortgages.
The court approved a settlement in a class action alleging that the bank classified corporations entitled to "small business" status as a "large business" and overcharged them fees. Under the agreement, the bank will pay …
The court approved a settlement under which Mizrahi Tefahot will compensate eligible customers with NIS 1,000,000 for failing to disclose in advance correspondent bank expenses on foreign currency transfers.
The court partly allowed the claim and ordered the bank to pay the customer NIS 2,200 in compensation for distress and NIS 600 in costs, after a credit data report promised in a sealed envelope was handed to him open and …
The court approved a settlement under which the bank will refund 90% of the fee difference it charged for duplicate series of lawyers' warning letters; according to the bank's affidavit, the refund stood at NIS 2,226,900 …
The Magistrates' Court held that the bank was negligent when a customer's equity funds were not reflected in time, causing him to lose an Israel Land Authority tender, and ordered it to pay NIS 300,000 less 40% …
The court approved a settlement under which the bank will refund customers differences in the currency exchange fee charged on foreign currency purchases online and through the staffed call center without the benefit set …
The court ordered the bank to pay the class members total compensation of NIS 82,414,646 plus differentials, for unlawfully charging a warning notice fee.
The court approved a settlement under which the bank will refund customers part of the difference in the securities redemption fee charged at the teller rate instead of the direct channel rate; the bank estimated the …
The court approved a settlement under which the bank will credit "large business" customers with the proportional part of quarterly management fees charged in advance after an account was closed; the scope of the refund …
Judge Doron Hasdai certified a class action against three banks, including Mizrahi Tefahot, on the claim that they charged large businesses a SWIFT fee in addition to the transfer fee on foreign currency transfers. The …
The court approved a settlement under which the bank will refund borrowers 22.5% of the interest differences resulting from the activation of an "emergency protection mechanism" on bond-anchored mortgages (estimated …
The court found that the bank's policy of blanket refusal to deposit funds from the sale of digital currency was not reasonable, but rejected certification as a class action; the bank was ordered to pay an award of NIS …
The Supreme Court granted motions for leave to appeal filed by class action applicants, ordered Mizrahi Tefahot to provide data on the rate of businesses classified as a "small business" and Bank Igud to provide "know …
The court allowed the class action and held that the bank unlawfully charged a fee for a first notice of an arrear or an excess balance, although its fee schedule allowed charging only from the second notice.
The court approved a settlement under which the bank will align inflated debt balances in execution files with the balance in the bank's books and compensate debtors whose files were closed, due to late reporting of …
The court set aside Bank Igud's decision to close the account of the Bitcoin mining company and held that refusing to provide it with service based on a blanket policy was not reasonable, but recognized the bank's right …
The court declared that a single mother's rights in an apartment prevail over the pledge the bank registered in favor of a couple who bought it later, held that the bank was negligent and did not act in good faith, and …
The court approved a settlement under which the bank will refund customers against whom collection proceedings were taken an average amount to be set by sampling, for legal expenses not approved by a court and interest …
According to the bank's annual report, the court certified a class action against the bank on one fee, the fee for issuing a bank guarantee to individuals and small businesses, and rejected the motion regarding the other …
The court approved a settlement in a class action over sending advertising messages without a proper removal mechanism, under which the bank was ordered to donate NIS 25,000 to a nonprofit and to pay an award and legal …
The Execution Office registrar rejected a motion by Mizrahi Tefahot to add about NIS 2.6 million in interest to a file opened in 1989 for NIS 59,000, after the bank claimed an error in the interest rate. It was held that …
According to the database headline, the District Court set aside the order requiring a guarantor to pay the bank NIS 175,000, which had been awarded against her in the Haifa Magistrates' Court.
The court partly allowed the claim: it held that the bank may enforce only half of the couple's rights in the cottage and not the wife's share, ordered a lien deleted, declared that another apartment does not secure …
The Antitrust Tribunal approved a consent decree in the affair of the exchange of fee information among the five largest banks, under which Mizrahi Tefahot undertook to pay NIS 4.85 million out of 70 million.
The court partly rejected the bank's claim for about NIS 12.3 million and held that the bank bears half of the damage caused in a customer's account by her son's speculative activity, which was carried out with the …
According to the bank's annual report, the court ordered the defendant banks to pay the plaintiffs about NIS 48.5 million plus differentials, a refund of the court fee and legal fees of about NIS 4.2 million, for …
The court approved a settlement under which the bank will automatically refund early repayment fees overcharged due to a computer error, and will refund upon request fees overcharged on a "supplementary loan" given …
According to the bank's annual report, in April 2013 the court approved a settlement and gave it the force of a judgment, in a class action alleging that the banks withheld excess tax at source from interest and …
The Supreme Court partly allowed a guarantor's appeal and held that her guarantee for the second loan and the second mortgage on her apartment are void, because the bank did not disclose to her that the borrowers were …
The court ordered the bank to compensate a diamond dealer with USD 221,046 (NIS 829,365 on the date of demand) plus differentials, for breaching its undertaking to return an original personal cheque lost in collection …
The court partly allowed the claim and ordered Bank Mizrahi (United Mizrahi Bank) to compensate a customer with USD 327,800 for the hasty sale of assets and NIS 150,000 for distress, plus NIS 30,000 in costs.
The court allowed a class action in the scope of tens of millions of shekels to be brought against the bank, and held that the bank's interpretation of the fee schedule regarding the minimum securities deposit management …
The court rejected Bank Tefahot's claim to evict a mother from her apartment, and held that having her sign as an "additional borrower" on her daughter's mortgage was a fiction intended to circumvent the protections of …
The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and held that the bank has no right of set-off regarding shares it held for a customer in liquidation, because the shares belong to the customer and are not a monetary debt of the …
The District Court ordered the bank to pay NIS 11.3 million for its responsibility for the collapse of the Machsanei Hashmal company after the immediate closure of its credit line; on appeal, the Supreme Court held by …
The court ordered the bank to return NIS 132,500 to a couple of customers, a quarter of the NIS 530,000 it transferred from their deposit without authorization to cover a debit balance in their son's business account, …
The court ordered Bank Mizrahi (United Mizrahi Bank) to compensate a customer from whose account NIS 10,000 was withdrawn without his knowledge, and against whom the bank filed a groundless police complaint, and held …
| Date | Case | Court | Type | Amount | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class action against Leumi, Mizrahi Tefahot, Discount and First International (case number not stated in the sources) | Central District Court (Lod) | Certified as a class action, not yet decided on the merits | — | Class action: no interest paid on credit balances in current accounts | |
| Not stated in the sources (early repayment class action: multi-track housing loans) | Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court | Settlement approval | 5,500,000 | Early repayment fee: offsetting capitalization differences between loan tracks | |
| Class Action 28695-05-16 (Shefagat Ltd. v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court | Settlement approval | 17,855,040 | Fees class action: classifying corporations as a "large business" | |
| Class Action 18101-09-20 (Smooha et al. v. Bank Hapoalim, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank and First International Bank) | Central District Court (Lod) | Settlement approval | 1,000,000 | Fees class action: correspondent bank fees on foreign currency transfers | |
| Small Claim 37037-05-25 (Ran Peer v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Tel Aviv Small Claims Court | Judgment | 2,200 | Banking secrecy: credit data report delivered in an open envelope | |
| Class Action 56373-06-21 (Beck and Tevel v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Central District Court (Lod) | Settlement approval | 2,226,900 | Fees class action: lawyers' warning letters | |
| 2025 · Date not stated in the sources | Leave to Appeal (Civil) 2231-12-25 (Zaghroun v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank), following a judgment of the Beersheba Magistrates' Court | Beersheba Magistrates' Court (upheld by the District Court and the Supreme Court) | Judgment | 300,000 | Mortgage: delay in providing a loan, duty of care |
| Class Action 10099-05-20 (Yuval Lapiner v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Central District Court (Lod) | Settlement approval | 2,700,000 | Fees class action: currency exchange fee in direct channels | |
| Class Action 2959-01-19 (Keren Aviv v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank), supplementary judgment | Central District Court (Lod) | Judgment | 82,414,646 | Fees class action: warning notice fee for exceeding a credit line | |
| Class Action 39049-04-21 (Cyberlogic et al. v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank and Discount Bank) | Central District Court (Lod) | Settlement approval | 1,125,500 | Fees class action: securities redemption charged at the teller rate | |
| Class Action 30742-08-18 (Tidan Building Company v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court | Settlement approval | 729,815 | Fees class action: quarterly management fees for a large business | |
| Class Action 22486-04-20 (Cyberlogic Ltd. v. Bank Leumi, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank and Discount Bank) | Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court | Certified as a class action, not yet decided on the merits | — | Fees class action: SWIFT fee on foreign currency transfers of large businesses | |
| Class Action 41639-12-17 (Moshe Shif v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Central District Court (Lod) | Settlement approval | 26,200,000 | Mortgage: variable interest, bond anchor protection mechanism | |
| Class Action 24372-08-19 (Yuval Amir v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court | Judgment | — | Blanket refusal to deposit funds from digital currency | |
| Leave to Appeal (Civil) 8674/19 (Shefagat Ltd. et al. v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Bank Igud (Union Bank), Discount Bank et al.) | Supreme Court | Appeal / motion for leave to appeal | 15,000 | Class action: "small business" / "large business" classification, disclosure of documents | |
| Class Action 2959-01-19 (Keren Aviv v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Central District Court (Lod) | Judgment | — | Fees class action: warning notice fee for exceeding a credit line | |
| Class Action 35618-05-11 (Dimri v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank); Class Action 34452-12-12 (Shitrit v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Central District Court (Lod) | Settlement approval | — | Class action: late reporting to the Execution Office and interest gaps | |
| Civil Claim 14643-04-18 (Israminers Ltd. v. Bank Igud (Union Bank) of Israel) | Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court | Judgment | — | Account closure: Bitcoin mining company, unreasonable refusal | |
| 2019 · Date not stated in the sources | Case number not stated in the source | Haifa District Court | Judgment | 15,000 | Mortgage: conflicting transactions, the bank's duty to inquire |
| Class Action 8929-08-11 (Yosef Hagma v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Central District Court (Lod) | Settlement approval | — | Class action: charging legal expenses that were not approved | |
| Not stated in the source (fees class action in "individual" and "small business" accounts filed in March 2015) | Central District Court | Certified as a class action, not yet decided on the merits | — | Fees class action: fee for issuing a bank guarantee to individuals and small businesses | |
| Class Action 41858-08-16 (Gavison et al. v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Haifa District Court | Judgment | 25,000 | Advertising messages (spam): section 30A of the Communications Law | |
| 2018 · Date not stated in the sources | File number not stated in the source | Tel Aviv Execution Office (registrar) | Execution Office registrar decision | — | Execution: motion to increase a debt after 28 years rejected |
| Civil Appeal 4651-02-17 (Ludmila Perepadia v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Haifa District Court (civil appeal) | Appeal / motion for leave to appeal | 175,000 | Guarantee: liability of a mortgage guarantor | |
| Civil Claim 2311-06 (Yigal Yeshinovsky et al. v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court | Judgment | — | Mortgage enforcement: scope of a lien, duty of disclosure | |
| Consent decree: the affair of the exchange of fee information among the banks (Antitrust Tribunal) | Antitrust Tribunal | Consent decree | 4,850,000 | Restrictive arrangement: exchange of fee information among the five banks | |
| Claim by Mizrahi Tefahot Bank v. Orly Haran, case number not stated | Tel Aviv District Court | Judgment | — | Duty of care: speculative options trading, "economic suicide" | |
| 2013 · Date not stated in the sources | Not stated in the source (claim of about NIS 829 million against seven banks, including Mizrahi and Igud) | Central District Court (Petah Tikva) | Judgment | 48,500,000 | Default interest during receivership on pledged shares |
| 2013 · Date not stated in the sources | Not stated in the sources (early repayment fee class action: "supplementary loan") | Not stated in the sources (a district court) | Settlement approval | — | Early repayment fee: supplementary loan and a computer error |
| 2013 · Date not stated in the sources | Not stated in the source (class action on excess withholding tax: against Mizrahi, Leumi, First International and Igud) | Tel Aviv District Court | Settlement approval | — | Excess tax withheld at source: fees not deducted from the yield |
| Civil Appeal 4525/09 (Shaarei Shamayim Har HaZeitim Ltd. et al. v. Bank Mizrahi (United Mizrahi Bank)) | Supreme Court | Appeal / motion for leave to appeal | — | Guarantee: misleading a guarantor, duty of disclosure under the Banking Law | |
| Civil Claim 19563-04-10 (Eyal Badihi Diamonds Ltd. et al. v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Central District Court | Judgment | 829,365 | Cheque lost in collection abroad: breach of an undertaking to return a negotiable instrument | |
| 2012 · Date not stated in the sources | Case number not stated in the source | Not stated in the article | Judgment | — | Dishonoring cheques and restricting an account: heavy-handed conduct and lack of good faith |
| Motion to certify a class action: Zimmerman v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (number not stated) | Tel Aviv District Court | Certified as a class action, not yet decided on the merits | — | Fees class action: securities deposit management fees (minimum fee) | |
| Case number not stated in the source | Tel Aviv District Court | Judgment | — | Mortgage: guarantor signed as a borrower, the Guarantee Law | |
| Leave to Appeal (Civil) 2549/09 (I.C.M. Air Conditioning Manufacturers Ltd. v. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) | Supreme Court | Appeal / motion for leave to appeal | — | Right of set-off: customer shares held by the bank | |
| Civil Appeal (Supreme Court) Machsanei Hashmal v. Bank Mizrahi, number not stated | Supreme Court (appeal from the Tel Aviv District Court) | Appeal / motion for leave to appeal | 4,500,000 | Closing a credit line without warning: collapse of a company | |
| 2008 · Date not stated in the sources | Civil Claim 52845/05 (Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court) | Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court, Judge Nurit Raviv | Judgment | 132,500 | Fiduciary duty: transferring a deposit without authorization (set-off letter) |
| 2007 · Date not stated in the sources | Case number not stated in the source | Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court | Judgment | — | Unauthorized card withdrawals: police complaint against the customer |
Each decision's page has a link to the full text when it has been published openly online. When there is no link, you can search by case number in the Net HaMishpat database of the Israeli Judiciary.
Not necessarily. In class action settlements the bank usually does not admit a violation, and the court approves the settlement without deciding the dispute. That is why the database distinguishes between a judgment on the merits, approval of a settlement, and certification of a claim as a class action.
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No. Some decisions are subject to appeal or were heard by a higher court. Each decision's page states what is known about an appeal, and what still needs to be checked in Net HaMishpat.
The database includes only decisions that have been given. According to the bank's financial report for the first quarter of 2025, 16 material motions to certify a class action are pending against it and its subsidiaries. The class action decisions are collected on the class actions page.
The database is built from public sources: texts of judgments, the bank's immediate reports, annual reports and reports in the business press. Some decisions may be subject to appeal. If you know of a decision missing here, or a decision that was reversed on appeal, you are welcome to contact us through the site. The database is not legal advice.