Its commercial base consists primarily of large corporate clients as well as end-market consumers.

[4] Edmond Safra (through his distant cousin Jacques Nasser) acquired control of FIBI in the 1980s.

[2] For a long time, FIBI was unique among Israeli banks in offering complete paperwork in English.

[5] On 12 February 2020, the United Nations published a database of 112 companies helping to further Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as in the Golan Heights.

[7] First International Bank of Israel was listed on the database on account of its "provision of services and utilities supporting the maintenance and existence of settlements" and "banking and financial operations helping to develop, expand or maintain settlements and their activities" in these occupied territories.