In Israel (9m pop), non of the banks available to the general public (Poalim, Leumi, Discount, Iggud/Mizrahi) will let you do anything other than a checking acc

In Israel (9m pop), non of the banks available to the general public (Poalim, Leumi, Discount, Iggud/Mizrahi) will let you do anything other than a checking account and a saving account. Perhaps a loan but definitely no holdings; and similarly no broker will either. They are not small. It just isn’t worth it to them financially so they don’t. There are est. 300k US tax payers in Israel, but while the profit is per-person, the compliance costs are huge and mostly constant. HSBC in Israel, last I Heard, had a $2M account minimum.