A new report from ING says that path to a 100% electric car market will lead to more competition for European automakers. Read the article, download the report.

If you’re getting a substantial pay rise this year, lucky you - you’ll be the exception. European Central Bank's president, Mario Draghi, has said wage growth is the new lynchpin for the ECB but economists at ING think we’ll be waiting years for a substantial uptick in people’s pay. And that has big implications for what Europe’s central bank does next. Read our report.

The Blockchain Innovation Conference took place on 22 June the KPMG headquarters in Amsterdam. The Conference was supported by founding partners ING, KPMG, Rabobank KPN, HPE, and IBM.

This week, ING tested a euro commercial paper issuance on the Corda Distributed Ledger platform within R3. The test demonstrated the ability to issue and sell European commercial paper, an unsecured, short-term loan issued by a bank or corporation in the international money market, on a distributed ledger.

ING named best in the Benelux in Equity Research, Equity Sales, Trading/Execution and Company & Expert Meetings.

The world of payments is set to change immeasurably over the coming years as consumers demand value-added products and expect increased speeds of service, including true 24x7.

Global Finance magazine has announced its 24th annual awards for the World’s Best Banks. In the Western European region, ING has been selected as the Best Bank in Western Europe 2017 overall, as well as Best Bank in Belgium.

ING has been awarded as the best bank in the world. This year, ING even won a total of four awards at ‘The Banker’s’ Best Bank Awards 2016. Besides Global Bank of the Year, ING was named Best Bank of the year 2016 in the Netherlands, in Belgium, and in Western Europe.

ING Wholesale Banking has launched Virtual Cash Management (VCM), a comprehensive digital cash management solution for corporates. VCM is designed to help treasury functions reach a next level of optimisation by facilitating centralised cash management with high cash visibility, access and control.