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ING Group N.V. () (known as ING Group) is a financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking, insurance and asset management services. ING is an abbreviation of Internationale Nederlanden Groep.
, 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, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, Thailand, UK and United States.
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ING Group N.V. () (known as ING Group) is a financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking, insurance and asset management services. ING is an abbreviation of Internationale Nederlanden Groep.
, 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, Hong Kong, 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.
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".
Regarding their Formula One sponsorship, ING announced on February 16, 2009 that "In light of the recently announced cost reduction programme, ING confirmed today not to renew the three year sponsorship (2007-2009) contract with Renault F1 and to end its presence in F1 beyond the 2009 season," a statement from ING read.
"ING's participation in Formula One was the company's first global sponsorship project aimed at delivering revenue and raising the global brand awareness, particularly in ING's key growth markets.
"Over the past two years, ING has successfully achieved its objectives for the F1 sponsorship, raising its overall global brand awareness by 16% (March 07 vs November 08).
"F1 remains a powerful business driver even in a difficult economic climate. Whilst ING has cut the F1 sponsorship costs by 40% in the final year, revenue generating opportunities will be a continuing focus through 2009.
"ING has enjoyed the relationship with Renault F1 and will continue to work closely with the team during the final year of the partnership."
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.
ING has been the title sponsor in football, AFC.
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.
History
- 1990: The newly formed company, first called Internationale Nederlanden Groep, later ING Group, was created from the 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 Slaski 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
- 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.
- 2009: In order to save 1.4 billion Euros, ING announced that they would be cutting about 7,000 employees from their payroll. The CEO is also resigning.
- 2009: ING Group sold all of its ownership stake in ING Canada (Property & Casualty Insurer operating in Canada).
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.
Recent troubles
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. 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.
Layoffs
In January 2009, ING announced plans to cut 7,000 jobs and its CEO stepped down as it has been struggling with bad mortgage debts.
ING Direct
ING Direct is ING Group's marketing name for a branchless direct bank with operations in Australia, Canada, France, Germany (branded ING-DiBa), Austria (branded ING-DiBa), Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States. It offers services over the Internet, phone, ATM or by mail.
ING Direct Canada
ING Direct Canada was founded in 1997.
ING Direct Canada opened four Café's in major cities of Toronto , Montréal, Calgary and Vancouver.
It offers
ING Direct Canada is a member of the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) and registered member with the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC), a federal agency insuring deposits at all of Canada's chartered banks.
ING Direct United States
ING Direct was founded in 2000, with its headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware. ING Direct is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
In September 2007, ING Direct acquired 104,000 customers and FDIC insured assets from a failed virtual bank NetBank. Migration from NetBank to ING Direct was not smooth, prompting hundreds of fearful customers from former NetBank to complain, saturating ING Direct customer support phone lines. The bank lost many customers as a consequence.
ING Direct Cafes
In March 2001, ING Direct opened cafes in 6 cities: Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA, Los Angeles, CA, New York City, NY, St. Cloud, MN, and Wilmington, DE, each serving Peet's Coffee. New cafes were opened in Chicago, IL (Summer 2007), St. Cloud, MN (2008), and Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawai'i (November 2008). Inside the cafes, ING Direct has several internet terminals that allow their account-holders to check on the status on their ING Direct accounts and surf the internet free of charge. The cafes often feature seminars on financial topics such as money management, handling one's retirement, mortgages, and credit management.
Services
- Savings (Orange Savings Account)
- Checking (Electric Orange)
- Certificates of Deposit (Orange Certificate of Deposit)
- Mortgages (Orange Mortgage)
- Home Equity Line of Credit (Orange Home Equity Line of Credit)
- Mutual Funds (Orange Investment Account)
- Business Accounts (Business Savings Account/Business Savings CD/Builder Finance Loans)
ING Direct UK
ING Direct began operations in the UK in May 2003 and, at one point, had in excess of 1 million customers. Its failure to increase its interest rates following a series of base rate rises in 2007, however, led to a loss of customers. After raising its rates in 2008 the direct bank has rebuilt its customer base and once again sits above one million savers. Operations are based in Reading, where the company head office is situated as well as an office based in the city of Cardiff. The bank also picked up awards for its customer services and mortgage product in 2008.
On 8 October 2008 the UK Treasury used the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008 to transfer the Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Kaupthing Edge deposit business to ING Direct.
Services
- Savings Account
- Fixed-Rate Savings Account (at certain times)
- Mini Cash ISA
- Guaranteed Investment Account
- Mortgages
- Home insurance
ING Direct Australia
Launching in Australia in 1999, ING DIRECT introduced online savings accounts in that country.
Whilst initially offering leading interest rates, ING DIRECT has since been overtaken by several other competitors with better rates.
The company's operations are regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Federal Government regulators. ING DIRECT is a division of ING Bank (Australia) Limited ABN 24 000 893 292 AFSL 229823.
In October 2008, ING Direct suffered a $749 million outflow of deposit funds.
In January 2009, ING Direct had to cut jobs due to issues with its mortgage debt
Services
- Savings Account (Savings Maximiser)
- Business Savings Account (Business Optimiser)
- Term Deposits
- Home Loans
See also
External links
- ING Group
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