ING BANK

ING Groep N.V. (NYSE: ING, Euronext: INGA) (known as ING Group) is a financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking, insurance and asset management services. ING stands for Internationale Nederlanden Groep.
As of 2007[update], ING Group covers 85 million private, corporate and institutional clients in 50 countries with a workforce of over 130,000 people. It has offices in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, Thailand, UK and United States. It owns ING Direct, a virtual bank with operations in Australia, Canada, Italy, Spain, UK, USA and elsewhere. In the 2008 Forbes Global 2000, ING was the ninth-largest company in the world.


ING Group N.V.

Type
Public (Euronext: INGA, NYSE: ING)
Founded
1991
Headquarters
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Key people
Michel Tilmant, Chairman of the Executive Board Cornelius Herkströter, Chairman of the Supervisory Board John Hele, Chief Financial OfficerKoos Timmermans, Chief Risk Officer
Industry
Financial services
Products
BankingInsuranceAsset management
Revenue
▲ €76.587 billion (2007)
Operating income
▲ €11.043 billion (2007)
Net income
▲ €9.241 billion (2007)
Employees
115,218
Website
http://www.ing.com/

Advertising and sponsorship
ING's Canadian commercials feature Dutch actor Frederik de Groot. In Australia, they feature Scottish comedian Billy Connolly.
From 2007, ING became the title sponsor of the Renault Formula One team. This will continue until at least 2009. In November 2006, ING was announced as the naming rights sponsor of the Australian Grand Prix and Belgian Grand Prix in a three-year deal; The "ING Australian Grand Prix" and "2007 ING Belgian Grand Prix" will be the first of 2007 season. ING has also become sponsor of the Hungarian Grand Prix, making it the "ING Magyar Nagydíj".
In recent years, ING has been the title sponsor of the New York City Marathon and the San Francisco famous Bay to Breakers. This sponsorship deal will continue until 2010.

Headquarters
ING's headquarters are located near Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. Designed by Roberto Meyer and Jeroen van Schooten, the light-infused building features loggias, patios and interior gardens. The edifice is supported by posts of 9 to 12 meters (30 to 39ft). It is considered an autonomous building.
A new ING building opened up in Windsor, CT in the fall of 2007. It is home to many departments and over 2000 employees. ING

History

Part of ING at night in Minneapolis in the United States
1990: The newly formed company was created from the 1990 merger of Nationale-Nederlanden and NMB Postbank Group.
1991: Nationale-Nederlanden changes to ING Nationale-Nederlanden
1994: ING opened first ING Bank in Romania
1995: ING acquired investment bank and investment management firm Barings
1997: ING acquired insurer Equitable of Iowa Companies
1997: ING opened ING Direct Canada www.ingdirect.ca
1998: ING acquired Banque Bruxelles Lambert (BBL) of Belgium
1999: ING acquired BHF-Bank of Germany
2000: ING acquired US insurers ReliaStar, Aetna Financial Services and Aetna International
2000: ING opened ING Direct USA
2001: ING acquired Bank Śląski of Poland, and insurer Seguros Comercial America of Mexico
2002: ING acquired DiBa bank of Germany
2004: ING Insurance Company of Canada acquired Allianz Canada
2004: ING sold BHF-Bank of Germany to Sal. Oppenheim
2006: ING opened ING Life Bulgaria, a branch of ING Life Hungary

ING began sponsoring the Renault Formula One team in 2007, and also has a large amount of trackside advertising and race sponsorship deals.
2007: ING acquired Oyak bank of Turkey
2007: ING launched its first variable annuities product for the European market in Spain
2007: ING acquired US web-based stock brokerage firm ShareBuilder
2007: ING acquired Landmark Asset Management Company of South Korea
2007: ING acquired TMB bank of Thailand
2008: ING sold ING Seguros in Mexico
2008: ING acquired CitiStreet in USA
2008: ING launched retail banking in Ukraine
2008: ING acquired the voluntary pension fund Oyak Emeklilik in Turkey
2008: ING Group, in a move to increase its Tier-One capital ratio, accepts a €10 billion capital injection from the Dutch government.

Investigations into investment and business practices
Over the past several years, the ING Group has come under scrutiny over the ethics of some of their business practices. In October 2005, the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), the leading private-sector provider of financial regulatory services in the United States, ordered ING Funds Distributor (IFD) to pay fines of $1.5 million for permitting improper market timing in ING funds and related violations, $1.4 million in restitution to affected mutual funds, and a $25,000 fine and 30-day supervisory suspension on an IFD supervisor

2008 Capital Injection
On Sunday October 19, 2008, in a move to increase its core Tier 1 capital ratio to 8%, ING Group accepted a capital injection plan by the Dutch Government. The plan will supply €10 billion (US$13.5 billion) into the operation, in exchange for securities, and veto rights on major operations and investments[6]. Wouter Bos, the Dutch finance minister, said that this was done as a means of fortifying the bank as the bank is in a sound financial state, to weather the financial crisis. Management said that the capital injection shall have no dilutive impact to existing shareholders. Because of the temporary basis of the loan, two advisers have been appointed. A portion of the €10 billion was allocated to ING Direct, who took over responsibility for £2.5 billion of deposits of 160,000 UK customers with the Icelandic bank Kaupthing Edge, which failed on October 9, 2008

See also
European Financial Services Roundtable
Inter-Alpha Group of Banks
ING Direct
Renault F1 Team
Nationale-Nederlanden