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October 2018

29 October 2018 | Press release, Strategy, Innovation
ING launches ING Ventures: a EUR 300 million fintech fund

ING announced today it has launched ING Ventures, a EUR 300 million fund aimed at investing in fintech companies. To accelerate the pace of innovation, one of ING’s strategic priorities, ING Ventures will expand the existing portfolio of investments in the coming 4 years.

ING launches ING Ventures: a EUR 300 million fintech fund
29 October 2018 | Press release, Banking
ING expands instant lending to SMEs in France and Italy

ING announced today it has started to offer online lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in France and Italy. The proposition fits ING’s strategy to grow its lending business to SMEs and creating a differentiating customer experience.

ING expands instant lending to SMEs in France and Italy
29 October 2018 | Press release, Innovation
ING starts partnership with Scalable

ING announced today that it will start a partnership with online wealth manager Scalable Capital, one of the leading fintechs in the European robo-advice market. Together, ING and Scalable will offer a fully digital investment solution to ING’s retail customers in Germany. The partnership fits ING’s strategic priority to create a differentiating customer experience that is personal, seamless and relevant.

ING starts partnership with Scalable
29 October 2018 | Press release
ING invests in Hong Kong fintech WeLab

ING today announced it has invested in Hong Kong fintech WeLab. WeLab provides consumer loans in China and Hong Kong in a fully automated process that takes minutes from application to approval. The investment is in line with ING’s strategic priority to increase the pace of innovation to serve changing customer needs by working with both dedicated internal teams and with external partners and startups.

ING invests in Hong Kong fintech WeLab
25 October 2018 | Press release
ING Group injects EUR 57 million in NN Group to the benefit of NN Bank to fulfil EC commitment on capitalisation of NN Bank

ING Group has made a capital injection into NN Group of EUR 57 million by subscribing for newly issued shares for an aggregate amount of EUR 57 million and ING has provided NN Bank a EUR 63 million facility which allows the bank to draw additional Tier 1 capital. With this provision of capital, ING Group fulfils a commitment to the European Commission (EC) pertaining to the capitalisation of NN Bank, which is included in the EC decision of 16 November 2012.

22 October 2018 | Sustainability
Climate research statement

On Wednesday, 4 November 2015, ING received the highest possible score of 100A from CDP for its climate change reporting.

September 2018

25 September 2018 | People
Changing career tack

Bankers of the Future don’t always come straight out of uni!

Changing career tack
25 September 2018 | People
Killer collaborators

When it comes to collaboration, nothing works as smoothly as a beehive. Two bee-keeping colleagues share some lessons from the bees.

Killer collaborators