ING Americas
ING Americas supports your business growth both locally and internationally. We combine sector experts in a range of industries, such as technology, media and telecoms (TMT), utilities power and renewables, natural resources, food and agribusiness, real estate and infrastructure, with financial product specialists in industry lending, corporate finance, debt capital, commodity and export financing, sustainable finance and much more.
Following the recent news of the US President’s nomination for Federal Reserve Chair, Katharyn Meyer, Head of Financial Markets, ING Americas, looks beyond the headlines to highlight six key themes she believes will shape US financial markets in the year ahead.
What will 2026 hold for US financial markets?
Please note that ING Bank does not have a banking license in the US and is therefore not permitted to conduct banking activities in the US. Through its wholly owned subsidiary ING Financial Holdings Corporation and its affiliates, ING offers a full array of wholesale financial products such as lending, corporate finance and a full range of financial markets products and services to its corporate and institutional clients.
In a world where volatility is the new normal, treasury leaders are rethinking strategies to balance risk, resilience, and growth. At Finance Forward Houston, ING experts and senior executives explored what it takes to safeguard today while preparing for tomorrow’s possibilities.
Future Treasurer: Navigating Uncertainty and Opportunity
Global trade is shifting fast and US businesses are feeling the impact. At Finance Forward Houston 2025, ING experts and industry leaders shared practical insights on tariffs, onshoring, and strategies to stay competitive in volatile markets. Explore how companies are adapting supply chains, managing risk, and seizing new opportunities in today’s evolving trade landscape.
Navigating the new trade order: What tariffs and onshoring mean for US business
At ING’s Finance Forward event in Houston, ING experts tackled the challenge of rising energy demand and the need for scalable, resilient solutions. Discover why distributed energy is no longer a short-term fix, but a strategic imperative—and how it helps businesses balance affordability, incentives, and sustainability in today’s energy transition.
Powering the present: distributed energy solutions for fixed assets
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The GENIUS Act could fortify the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency and increase inflows into Treasuries, but can stablecoin regulation materially impact these markets, or even help to reduce the deficit?
Stablecoins to the rescue? The GENIUS Act’s Treasury Impact
We’ve announced the expansion of our Transaction Services business in the region, including key leadership appointments, to assist clients in navigating the current complexities of treasury, liquidity management and managing working capital
ING Americas Expands its Transaction Services Team to Support Growth
Bandwidth IG (BIG Fiber), a leading provider of dark fiber infrastructure, has increased its green loan facility to $140 million from $90 million
ING supports BIG Fiber in upsizing Green Loan to $140 Million to Support Dark Fiber Expansion
Edoardo Irrera joins the Corporate Finance team as a Managing Director, as part of its expansion of advisory services to clients in the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) sector in the Americas.
ING Makes Key Leadership Appointment to Drive Expansion in Digital Infrastructure M&A
ING Capital LLC today announced it has joined the independent, non-profit energy R&D institute EPRI’s Data Center Flexible Load Initiative, known as “DCFlex”, becoming the first major financial institution to do so.
ING becomes first financial institution to join EPRI’s DCFlex initiative
ING Capital LLC today announced the closing of $424 million in credit facilities for International Transportation Service (ITS), to support a significant terminal redevelopment that will expand yard capacity by 50% and electrify its current fleet. ITS is a container terminal operator owned by a Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) managed vehicle at the Port of Long Beach within the San Pedro Bay complex in Southern California.
ITS Secures Green Loans with ING as Arranger and Sustainability Coordinator
Cindy Jia joined ING Americas as a head of Sustainable Finance for the Americas and Ana Carolina Oliveira has been appointed as a head of Technology, Media, Telecom and Healthcare in the Americas.
ING Americas makes key leadership appointments in Sustainable Finance and Technology, Media, Telecom & Healthcare teams
ING recently supported global wireless communications infrastructure provider Phoenix Tower International's conversion of €1.2 billion credit facilities into a Sustainability-Linked Loan.
Phoenix Tower International successfully converts financing into a sustainability-linked loan
Matt Rosetti to head Sectors organization; Cefas van del Tol to head Capital Markets and Advisory (CMA); Michael Kendrot joins as head of Global Capital Markets (GCM).
ING Americas makes key leadership appointments in its Sectors and Capital Markets and Advisory Teams
ING Capital LLC announced the closing of the first dark fiber green loan, a $90 million syndicated revolving credit facility for Bandwidth IG (BIG), a metro data center-to-data center dark fiber network provider. The financing marks the near completion of BIG’s network expansion in the San Francisco Bay Area and additional capital for expansion in BIG’s core markets.
ING announces first-ever green loan in dark fiber sector with Bandwidth IG
US technology giant Dell has long been an industry leader on implementing sustainable business practices. The company’s vice president of sustainability, David Lear, explains how these practices have smoothed the organization’s transition towards a circular economy model - and the importance of ‘rethinking the entire business’ to embed circularity.
Beyond ‘reuse’ and ‘recycle’: Dell’s circular economy strategy and ‘rethinking’ the business
Nate Hurst, chief sustainability and social impact officer at HP, says business and consumer appetite for “as-a-service” models is on the rise. As a forerunner in adopting the circular economy philosophy, HP is well-positioned to respond.
As-a-service in demand: circular thinking helps HP get ahead of the curve
In this article we take a look at the role finance has to play in sustainable transition and meeting targets; how companies could benefit financially from sustainability initiatives; and how businesses are grouping to lead the way.
The sustainability champion you never knew you had – your CFO
For years, pundits have predicted the continued demise of independent retailers. The arrival of shopping malls and power centers drew foot traffic away from the neighborhood Mom-and-Pop stores. Next came the axe wielded by e-commerce giants, notably Amazon. And finally, we saw rents rise to levels beyond affordability for the independent retailers as bank branches, drug stores, fashion houses and other national and international chains competed for space. These factors pressured many of our beloved independent proprietors to shut their doors.
Mom-and-pop stores could be prime for a renaissance
Data flows through almost everything we do, from powering our smartphones to streaming our favorite shows to networking businesses around the world - and its use is increasing exponentially. By 2030, global dataflows are expected to be more than 20 times those of 2018. As our society uses more and more data, we need to simultaneously find ways to deliver that extra capacity without consuming excess energy.