Despite years of austerity it seems Europeans are beginning to believe a revival in the housing market is on its way. Most consumers (53%) are becoming increasingly optimistic about house prices rising, representing a six percentage point upward change on last year and 2012.
William Connelly, CEO of ING Commercial Banking, will present ING’s Commercial Banking strategy at the ING Benelux Conference hosted in London later today.
Today, Ralph Hamers, CEO of ING Group, will address the Goldman Sachs 18th Annual European Financials Conference in Madrid.
On 12 June the FIFA World Cup kicks off. 32 of the best football teams in the world will start vying for the title of being the best at the biggest sport in the world.
Mobile banking is maturing, with longer term users in Europe showing signs their money management is getting better and better.
The focus on circular is increasing among US businesses, according to a new ING survey.
ING Bank notes the announcements made today by the European Banking Authority (EBA) and De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) regarding the information of the 2015 EU-wide Transparency Exercise and fulfilment of the EBA Board of Supervisors’ decision.
ING announced today that Carin Gorter has resigned as a Member of the Supervisory Board of ING Group, following the proposal to appoint her as Chief Risk Officer at Rabobank. Carin Gorter was appointed to the ING Group Supervisory Board in May 2013. Within the Supervisory Board she was a member of the Audit Committee, the Risk Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee.
ING Commercial Banking has increased the volume of financing by 7% for sustainable clients and projects in the first half year of 2015, reaching over €20.9 billion in comparison to year-end 2014. “This is in line with ING’s target to grow its financing of sustainable transitions and includes loans to renewable energy schemes, environmental outperformers and other sustainability projects,” reports Leonie Schreve, ING Global Head of Sustainable Finance.
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.