ING

370 results about this entity

Period: 11 Apr 2006 - 21 Mar 2024

Dutch banks and mobile operators form national m-payments consortium

Leading banks and mobile operators in the Netherlands are joining forces to create a joint venture company aimed at introducing mobile payments at the check-out.

ING Direct guerilla marketing stunt makes a splash

ING Direct has taken a novel approach to marketing its new Canadian online chequing account, employing a group of dancers in bright orange bathing suites to perform a synchronised swimming routine in a Toronto fountain.

EBAday 2010: Sepa foundations laid - time to get building

Hundreds of payments professional from banks across Europe gathered in Luxembourg this week at EBAday to discuss how best to unlock the full potential of the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) amid concerns that the financial services industry is being blindsided by tech-led innovations from nimble new entrants.

Dutch ING customers targeted by iPhone worm

A malicious iPhone worm targeting online customers of ING in the Netherlands has been identified by security outfit F-Secure.

Payments stakeholders push for XML clarity in the corporate-to-bank space

Banking network Swift is working with a consortium of major financial institutions, corporations and technology vendors to develop a set of common standards for the implementation of ISO20022 messages in the corporate-to-bank space.

ING forced to sell US Internet bank

ING is to divest its successful Internet banking operation ING Direct in the US as part of an agreement with the European Commission on a mammoth restructuring plan to separate its banking and insurance activities worldwide.

Hungary fines Visa, MasterCard and banks over interchange fees

Visa, MasterCard and seven of the biggest banks in Hungary have been fined a total of $10.42 million by the country's competition authority for running an interchange fee cartel.

ING pilots mobile phone app for card personalisation

Dutch bank ING has trialled technology from US vendor Serverside that enables people to see what a customised card would look like on their mobile phones.

First SOA standards released by BIAN industry coalition

The Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) alliance - comprising major technology vendors and banks - has published its first bank IT services standards since it was spun out of SAP over a year ago.

ING to beta Strands' personal financial management technology

Dutch bank ING is to follow in the footsteps of Spain's BBVA and implement personal financial management technology from US-based social benchmarking company Strands.

ING Direct sets up bank fee comparison Twitter stream

ING Direct in Canada has launched "Fee Tweeter", a new application which enables users to tweet and compare their bank fees with other users.

ING launches pension peer comparison Web tool

Dutch bank ING has launched a "peer comparison" tool on its US Web site that lets users see how their retirement saving plans stack up against fellow customers.

Dutch banks bid for customers on online auction site

A new Web site where banks competitively bid against each other for savings customers through auctions has been launched in the Netherlands.

ING betas Android ATM locater

Dutch bank ING has launched a new application for T-Mobile's G1 Google phone that combines the built-in GPS technology with the handset's compass and camera to 'point' users in the direction of the nearest bank ATM.

ING to axe 7000 staff as Q4 loan losses mount

Dutch bank ING is to axe 7000 staff, renegotiate IT contracts and pull out of a planned launch of its direct banking operation in Japan after filing a loss of EUR1 billion for 2008.

ING and MasterCard in Romanian m-payments trial

Dutch bank ING and MasterCard are to pilot a near field communications (NFC)-based mobile payments system in Romania, enabling customers to use their handsets to pay for low value purchases.

ING Direct targets savers with Web 2.0 micro-site

Internet bank ING Direct has launched a Web 2.0-enabled 'We the Savers' microsite as part of a new media campaign encouraging US consumers to save and invest.

ING takes full control of e-invoicing firm Billington

Dutch bank ING has taken full ownership of Billington, the electronic invoicing outfit it set up as a joint venture with IT services firm Getronics at the end of 2006. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

ING selects Microsoft for settlement connectivity via Swift

Microsoft has been contracted by Holland's ING Investment Management to provide its BizTalk Server as the financial messaging platform for Swift connectivity to its settlement partner Bank of New York Mellon.

ING and Atos Origin partner on Sepa payments services

Dutch banking group ING and Paris-listed IT services firm Atos Origin are teaming up to provide Sepa-compliant payment processing services to banks and corporations in Europe.