30 Facts About ING Group

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ING Group is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Amsterdam.

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Since the creation in 2012, ING Group Bank is a member in the list of global systemically important banks.

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3.

ING Group is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.

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ING Group expanded its international business through several acquisitions through the 1990s including Belgian bank Banque Bruxelles Lambert in 1998, US-based insurance company Equitable of Iowa and the commercial bank Furman Selz.

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5.

ING House was the head office of NN Group and located in the business district of Zuidas in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 2012 to 2014.

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6.

The European Commission required ING Group to divest itself of its insurance and investment management operations by the end of 2013 as a condition of approving the state aid.

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7.

In July 2011, ING Group sold all its Latin American insurance operations to the Colombian insurance company Grupo Sura for US$3.

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8.

Under the settlement agreement, ING Group Bank is required to conduct a review of, and to submit a report to the Treasury Department.

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9.

ING Group offers branchless banking with operations in Australia, France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Austria.

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10.

ING Group has two offices in Taguig, Metro Manila; World Plaza Building and Arthaland Century Pacific Tower.

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11.

In 2009, ING Group announced plans to separate its insurance business from its main banking operations through two IPO's, one for Europe and Asia and another one for the US.

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12.

ING Group was then renamed Intact Financial Corporation in May 2009.

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13.

ING Group continued to operate ING Bank of Canada, known as ING Direct Canada.

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14.

ING Group sold its Malaysian insurance business to American International Assurance in October 2012 for a total of €1.

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15.

In June 2014, ING Group announced the IPO of its investment management arm as part of a wider corporate restructuring.

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ING Group Direct began operations in the UK in May 2003 and had over one million customers by 2009.

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17.

ING Group announced a plan to exit the UK in August 2012, as it sought to raise funds to repay the Dutch government.

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18.

ING Group said it would incur a €320m after-tax loss on the sale, which would involve the transfer of 750 ING Group Direct staff and 1.

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19.

In 2000, ING Group launched a direct bank in the United States, with headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.

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20.

Two months later, ING Group Direct acquired Sharebuilder, an electronic trading platform.

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21.

Between November 2012 and February 2013 ING Direct's U S operations were rebranded Capital One 360.

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22.

ING Group sponsors sporting events and artistic exhibitions throughout the world.

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23.

Several years, ING Group was the title sponsor of marathons including the New York City Marathon, the Miami Marathon, the Georgia Marathon, the Luxembourg Marathon, the Hartford Marathon, the Philadelphia Distance Run and San Francisco's Bay to Breakers.

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24.

ING Group is a major global sponsor of association football, sponsoring the Royal Dutch Football Association, Royal Belgian Football Association and the Asian Football Confederation .

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25.

ING Group was the title sponsor of the Renault Formula One team from the 2007 season to the 2009 season.

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26.

ING Group ended its sponsorship of Renault in part due to a reduction in advertising spending and in part due to controversy surrounding the Renault Formula One team.

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27.

ING Group owns and houses proprietary art collections in Belgium, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom.

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28.

ING Group is a strategic industry partner with Duisenberg school of finance.

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29.

ING Group provides a series of internships and assists with student loans to the accepted students.

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30.

ING Group Unsung Heroes is a grant program for kindergarten through 12th grade educators in the United States.

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