ING Group
Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation
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| January 28 2025 | ING reached an agreement to sell its Russian operations to Global Development JSC, reducing its exposure to 1 billion euros, with the deal expected to close in 2025 and result in a 700-million-euro loss. |
| 2022 | ING liquidated its operations in Mauritius (ING Mauritius Investment I). |
| 2022 | ING closed its operations in Malaysia (Branch of ING Bank N.V.). |
| 2022 | ING liquidated its operations in Indonesia (PT ING Securities Indonesia). |
| 2022 | ING liquidated its operations in Macau (Payvision Macau Ltd.). |
| 2022 | ING began progressively scaling down its Russian business operations. |
| 2022 | ING closed its operations in Brazil (Branch of ING Bank N.V.). |
| 2022 | ING closed its direct banking business in France, selling its retail customer portfolio to Boursorama, a subsidiary of Société Générale, after years of unprofitability. |
| April 2022 | The sale of NN Investment Partners to Goldman Sachs was completed. |
| 2021 | ING Belgium reported a significant annual profit of €948 million. |
| 2021 | ING dissolved its operations in Colombia (ING Capital Colombia). |
| August 19 2021 | Goldman Sachs announced its acquisition of NN Investment Partners for approximately €1.6 billion. |
| 2020 | ING reaches 53.2 million clients across more than 40 countries worldwide. |
| September 2020 | FinCEN Files revealed that ING's Polish branch was involved in facilitating large-scale money laundering operations for Russian and Ukrainian clients, helping to move significant funds out of Russia. |
| 2019 | Completed the rebranding of ING Direct branches to 'ING' across its international direct banking operations in Australia, Italy, Spain, Germany, and Austria. |
| 2019 | ING launched its mobile banking system in the Philippines, operating exclusively through a mobile app. The bank introduced innovative features like check deposits via image capture and offered one of the highest interest rates during its initial months of operation. |
| January 2019 | The bank changed its name from ING Direct to ING, rebranding its identity in the French market. |
| November 2018 | The bank changed its brand name from ING-DiBa to ING. |
| September 2018 | ING Group agreed to pay €775 million to settle a money laundering investigation, resolving legal issues related to financial misconduct. |
| March 2018 | ING and Credit Suisse completed the first live securities lending transaction worth €25 million using a Corda-based application from HQLAx. ING also invested in blockchain projects including Komgo, aimed at automating transactions using Ethereum. |
| February 2018 | ING bought fintech company Payvision, founded by Rudolf Booker, for 350 million. |
| 2017 | ING began renaming its Direct banking branches to simply 'ING' across multiple countries, starting a rebranding process that would continue through 2019. |
| 2016 | ING-DiBa reported total assets of €158 billion and had approximately 3,900 employees. |
| April 2016 | ING sold the last shares in NN Group, returning to being exclusively a bank. |
| January 2016 | ING Groep NV's banking unit invested in WeLab, a leading Chinese fintech player, contributing to the second largest Series B fundraising in fintech globally. |
| 2015 | ING Direct France started providing home loans, further diversifying its financial product offerings. |
| July 1 2015 | NN Investment Partners IPO was priced, marking the official flotation of ING's investment management division. |
| 2014 | ING Bank is designated as a Significant Institution under European Banking Supervision and becomes directly supervised by the European Central Bank. |
| 2014 | ING House ceased to be the head office of NN Group, with the corporate location shifting to a new site. |
| 2014 | The spun-off insurance businesses in North America were renamed Voya Financial. |
| November 7 2014 | ING paid the final tranche of €1.025 billion, completing the state aid repayment half a year ahead of the agreed schedule with the European Commission. |
| June 2014 | ING announced the IPO of its investment management arm as part of a corporate restructuring, with plans to consolidate the business in NN Group. |
| April 8 2014 | ING Direct Canada was rebranded as Tangerine, marking the end of the ING Direct brand in Canada. |
| 2013 | ING U.S. was spun off in an initial public offering (IPO), with ING Group no longer being the controlling shareholder and retaining only 47% of shares. The subsidiary was planned to be rebranded as Voya Financial. |
| 2013 | ING announced its intent to sell its 30% stake in TMB Bank in Thailand. |
| 2013 | ING further reduced its stake in SulAmérica Seguros by 7.2%, continuing its divestment strategy in the Latin American market. |
| November 2013 | Scotiabank announced plans to rebrand ING Direct Canada. |
| January 2013 | ING sold its 26% stake in India's Vysya Life Insurance to joint partner Exide Industries. |
| 2012 | ING Bank becomes a member of the list of global systemically important banks. |
| 2012 | ING Group separated into ING Bank and ING Insurance, with the Amsterdamse Poort building becoming the head office of ING Bank and ING Group. |
| November 2012 | ING began rebranding its U.S. operations as Capital One 360, a process completed by February 2013. |
| November 15 2012 | The sale of ING Direct Canada to Scotiabank was completed. |
| October 2012 | ING sold its Malaysian insurance business to American International Assurance for a total of €1.3 billion. |
| October 9 2012 | Barclays agreed to purchase ING Direct UK, acquiring £10.9bn in deposits and £5.6bn in mortgage book. The sale involved transferring 750 ING Direct staff and 1.5 million customers, with ING incurring a €320m after-tax loss. |
| August 2012 | ING announced a plan to exit the UK market to raise funds for repaying the Dutch government. |
| August 29 2012 | Scotiabank announced the acquisition of ING Direct Canada for C$3.13 billion. |
| June 12 2012 | ING Bank N.V. reached a US$619 million settlement with the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control for illegally moving billions of dollars through the U.S. financial system on behalf of sanctioned Cuban and Iranian entities, violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA). |
| February 2012 | Capital One acquired ING Direct USA from ING for US$6.3 billion in cash and 54 million shares of Capital One. |
| January 2012 | Due to eurozone conditions, ING adjusted its repayment timetable for the remaining €3 billion to 2012-2013. |
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