Daniel Maman is a Professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ben Gurion University, Israel. His areas of interest include economic sociology, sociology of finance, comparative political economy, and institutional change. He is the co-author of The Israeli Central Bank: Political Economy, Global Logics and Local Actors (Routledge, 2011) with Zeev Rosenhek, and has published articles in journals such as Socio-Economic Review, Review of International Political Economy, Organization Studies, British Journal of Sociology, Journal of Cultural Economy, and Journal of Consumer Culture. He is currently studying the emergence and development of financial literacy in Israel, the restructuring of Israel’s financial system, and changes in payment and settlement systems.