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July 2020

09 July 2020 | Sustainability
How thinking in circles can save water

There are seven and a half billion people on the planet, yet only 2.5 percent of the world’s water is fresh. Millions continue to have no access to drinking water and that scarcity is set to worsen with an increasing global population and climate change. All is not lost though. A new water report produced by ING shows how the circular economy could save 400 billion of cubic metres of water every year.

How thinking in circles can save water
09 July 2020 | Sustainability
ING has sold its stake in Dakota Access pipeline loan

ING has reached an agreement for the sale of its loan to the Dakota Access pipeline. The sale follows a constructive dialogue between ING and representatives from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and has the full support of the Tribe.

ING has sold its stake in Dakota Access pipeline loan
09 July 2020 | Banking
Bring in the students

For eight years, ING’s head of Quantitative Analytics Drona Kandhai has been teaching Computational Finance at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). In between classes, he explains what ING can learn from students.

Bring in the students
09 July 2020 | Banking, Innovation
Apple Pay goes Down Under

ING customers in Australia wanted it. ING in Australia has provided it. It’s Apple Pay, Apple's NFC payment system that lets users make purchases using an iOS device.

Apple Pay goes Down Under
09 July 2020 | Strategy, Innovation
On top of the blockchain

At the world’s biggest blockchain hackathon in the Netherlands last weekend, over 500 people from around the world showed what blockchains can potentially do.

On top of the blockchain
09 July 2020 | Banking
The Olympian task of transforming ING

In October 2016, ING announced the next steps in its transformation to a global digital bank. COO-CTO Roel Louwhoff is the person tasked with managing this transformation. In the transformation ‘war room’ at ING’s head office in Amsterdam, he explains what is needed and why he’s confident of success.

The Olympian task of transforming ING
09 July 2020
New phase of Schiphol campaign takes flight

For the past two years, travellers to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport will have undoubtedly noticed ING’s presence. From the huge billboard outside, to the many banners in the terminals, the ‘World, here I come’ campaign is scattered all over the airport.

New phase of Schiphol campaign takes flight
09 July 2020 | Economics
Rising ticket prices? Interest rate up!

In the first in a new quarterly series about unknown predictive economic indicators, macroeconomist Maarten Leen puts the spotlight on the Atlanta Fed Core Sticky CPI.

Rising ticket prices? Interest rate up!
09 July 2020 | Economics
ING joins the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy

To help understand the impact that digital technologies have on business, the economy and society, ING has joined forces with leading Massachusetts-based business school, MIT Sloan School of Management.

ING joins the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy