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ING Groep N.V. (, ) (known as ING Group) is a financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking, insurance and asset management services. ING once stood for Internationale Nederlanden Groep.
As of 2003, ING covers 60 million private, corporate and institutional clients in 50 countries with a workforce of over 115,000 people. It has offices in Canada, Spain, France, Italy, Mexico, the United States, Germany, UK, Austria and Australia. It owns ING Direct an (almost) Internet-only bank with operations in Australia, Canada, the USA, UK, Spain and elsewhere. In the 2006 Forbes Global 2000, ING was the eleventh-largest company in the world.
ING's headquarters is somewhat renowned as an autonomous building.
The company files U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reports under "ING GROEP NV" *.
ING's Canadian commercials feature Dutch actor Frederik de Groot. In Australia, they feature Scottish comedian Billy Connolly.
History
The company was created from the 1991 merger of Nationale-Nederlanden and NMB Postbank Groep.
- 1995: ING acquired investment bank and asset management firm Barings.
- 1997: ING acquired insurer Equitable of Iowa Companies.
- 1997: ING opened ING Direct Canada.
- 1998: ING acquired Banque Bruxelles Lambert (BBL) of Belgium.
- 1999: ING acquired BHF-Bank of Germany.
- 2000: ING acquired US insurers ReliaStar, Aetna Financial Services and Aetna International.
- 2001: ING acquired Bank Śląski of Poland, and insurer Seguros Commercial America of Mexico.
- 2002: ING acquired DiBa bank of Germany
- 2004: ING Insurance Company of Canada acquired Allianz Canada
- 2004: ING sold BHF-Bank of Germany to Sal. Oppenheim
See also
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Banks of the European Union | Banks of the Netherlands | Companies listed on the Euronext exchanges | Companies of the Netherlands | Multinational companies headquartered in the Netherlands | Insurance companies of the Netherlands | Multinational companies | 1991 establishments | Forbes Global 2000 | Investment
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