A deep-seated rule in Israeli law is that the bank owes a fiduciary duty to its customers. The concept of imposing a … reviews the special characteristics of the bank's fiduciary duty in Israeli law, while comparing it to the Anglo-Canadian duty …

been solved via the courts or academia: despite the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) safe harbor provision, filing a SAR does not … recommendations on bank liability for tipping off a client. The Article concludes that it is unlikely that a bank will be held liable … for conducting business with a client it only suspects of criminal activity, as long as a bank has no actual knowledge of …

According to Israeli law, the bank owes a fiduciary duty to its customers. However, recently, the Israeli courts have … protecting the bank's customer. Nevertheless, due caution must be taken against a sweeping expansion of the duty. Determining the … degree and nature of the fiduciary duty is a powerful process, which not only influences the relationship between the bank …

he or she requires against the bank. Therefore, the Israeli courts have adopted a unique approach in determining that the … banking contract is a special contract — a fiduciary contract. Under a fiduciary contract, the bank, as a fiduciary, is … behavior on the bank, much higher than the standard imposed on it under contract law. By adopting a fiduciary approach, the …

This paper suggests that bank holding companies are in fact “financial malls.” I demonstrates the problems that they … restructuring of bank holding companies by introducing more market discipline to the various “shops” in the mall as well as …