The merger of the Dutch postal bank and NN Insurance in 1991 created ING. Through a series of further acquisitions ING build up a global footprint. The 2008 financial crisis forced ING to seek government support—a precondition of which was that ING should separate its banking and insurance activities, which saw ING revert to being solely a bank. ING has market-leading banking operations in the Netherlands and B
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PNC, BAC, JPM, TFC, KBH, TOL, DFS, LEN, LOW, WFC, AXP, MTB, COF, HD
Johann Scholtz
Equity Analyst