Banking

ATM Machiness Bank Accounts Banks Currency

 ATM Machines
Israeli ATM cards and Israeli bank credit cards are accepted by all ATM machines. The ATM machines on campus are located in the lobby of the Casa San Martin guest house and in the lobby of the Dweck Campus Center building. (Bank Leumi account holders are not charged for cash withdrawals from an ATM machine.)

Foreign ATM cards are accepted by the ATM machine located in the lobby of the Leumi Bank, corner of Herzl and Weizmann Streets, and by the ATM machine located in the lobby of the Dweck Campus Center building.

 Bank Accounts
Foreign visitors are entitled to open a foreigner's bank account in shekels, and/or any other currencies. To open a bank account, you will need:

• a letter from our department (Postdoctoral fellows must get a letter from the Feinberg Graduate School.)
• your passport
• a passport-size picture

You will be entitled to receive:

• a check book
• a local ATM card
• a local credit card (on condition of a NIS 6000 security deposit)

 Banks

	Bank Discount	190 Herzl Street	08-936-0222
	First International	182 Herzl Street	08-936-0500
	Bank Hapoalim	179 Herzl Street	08-944-5845
	Bank Leumi	200 Herzl Street	08-944-5611
	Bank Leumi Weizmann Institute Branch	Dweck Campus	08-934-4471
	Mercantile Discount	208 Herzl Street	08-947-4535

Currency

• Israeli currency is the New Israeli Shekel (NIS or NS). Refer to http://www.oanda.com/convert/cheatsheet for on-the-spot currency conversion tables.
• Check Shekel exchange rates at http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/BANK-bin/eng.shearim.pl, courtesy of the national Bank of Israel