N.V. (, ) is a
Financial Institution of
Dutch origin offering
Bank ing,
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 60 countries with a workforce of over 115,000 people. It has offices in
Canada ,
Spain ,
France ,
Italy ,
Mexico , the
USA ,
Germany ,
UK ,
Austria and
Australia . It owns ING DIRECT an (almost)
Internet -only bank with operations in Australia, Canada, the US, UK, Spain and elsewhere. In the 2005
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"
{Link without Title} .
ING's Canadian commercials feature Dutch actor
Frederik De Groot .
The company was created from the
1991 Merger of
Nationale-Nederlanden and
NMB Postbank Groep .