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30 December 2014

NN Group completes sale of stake in ING-BOB Life to BNP Paribas Cardif

NN Group announced today that it has completed the sale of its 50% stake in its Chinese insurance joint venture ING-BOB Life Insurance Company to BNP Paribas Cardif.

22 December 2014 | Banking, Strategy

Małgorzata Kołakowska "Best Manager 2014"

Małgorzata Kołakowska, CEO of ING Bank Śląski, was named “Best Manager 2014” by Bloomberg Businessweek Polska.

17 December 2014

#SMING14 Dutch study: Use of social media stagnating. Use of news sites declining

In June we published our study on the impact of news among an international group of journalists and PR professionals. Today, for the third consecutive year, ING The Netherlands publishes the outcome of the social media impact survey among Dutch consumers.

5 December 2014 | Innovation

Belgians go biometric!

Ever thought about entering your mobile banking app with just the touch of your fingertip? What may seem futuristic has just become reality in Belgium.

27 November 2014

Brits top spenders on gifts this Christmas

Today, ING released the results of its new survey on Christmas spending behavior and New Year’s resolutions.

25 November 2014 | Press release

ING to take next step in digital banking in the Netherlands

In order to improve the customer experience and enhance operational excellence, ING will take measures to further expand digital banking, strengthen local advisory capabilities in the branch network and to make additional IT investments in its Dutch retail banking unit.

20 November 2014 | Press release

ING Vysya Bank to merge with Kotak Mahindra Bank

ING Vysya Bank (Vysya) and Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak) today announced their intention to merge their respective businesses.

13 November 2014 | Press release

ING sells 34.5 million Voya shares for total proceeds of USD 1.4 billion

ING Group today announced the pricing for the sale of 34.5 million shares of common stock of Voya Financial Inc. that was announced on 12 November 2014. ING Group has sold approximately 30 million Voya shares at a price of USD 39.15 per share in the public offering. In addition ING Group has sold to Voya approximately 4.5 million shares for an aggregate amount of USD 175 million.

12 November 2014 | Press release

ING to sell 34.5 million shares in Voya Financial

ING Group today agreed to sell shares of common stock of Voya Financial, Inc. in an underwritten public offering. In addition, ING Group has entered into a share repurchase agreement with Voya under which Voya will repurchase USD 175 million of its shares of common stock from ING Group.

10 November 2014

ING in The Economist and Fortune

In recent articles in The Economist “Slim, trim and solvent, ING is looking to regain disruptive mojo” and Fortune “ING Group: The slimmer, stronger giant” CEO Ralph Hamers talks about ING’s new strategy; “We were the disruptive challengers”.