ING

Facebook Risks Banking Ties Over Libra Concerns, Says ING Exec

ING CEO Ralph Hamers said Libra could make it difficult for banks to accept or keep the project's creator as a client.

Markets  ·  22 October 2019

ING’s Chief Economist Predicts Central Bank Digital Currencies in 2-3 Years

Dutch bank ING's chief economist has said Facebook's Libra is pressuring central banks to launch their own digital currencies, and soon.

Policy & regulation  ·  27 September 2019
Payments

People With Least Knowledge Most Positive on Crypto’s Future: ING

People with less knowledge about cryptocurrency are the most likely to be positive on its future, according to research from Dutch bank ING.

Tech  ·  18 September 2019
Banking

ING Bank Is Bringing Bitcoin ‘Bulletproofs’ to Private Blockchains

ING’s blockchain team is testing privacy tech called "bulletproofs," the latest in a series of such experiments at the global bank.

Business  ·  15 April 2019
Banking

ING Bank, R3 Ink Deal for ‘Unlimited’ Corda Blockchain Deployment

Dutch banking group ING has inked a five-year licensing deal with blockchain consortium startup R3 to use its Corda Enterprise platform.

Business  ·  22 January 2019
Privacy

ING Bank Launches Zero-Knowledge Tech for Blockchain Privacy

ING Bank has continued further down the road of advanced blockchain privacy with the release of its Zero-Knowledge Set Membership (ZKSM) solution.

Business  ·  21 October 2018
Banking

Inside State Street Bank’s Blockchain Deliberations

The global custody bank's tech and product teams are keen to transform securities lending into a peer-to-peer market, but not all are on board.

Business  ·  8 August 2018
Banking

Banks Ink Blockchain Trade Finance Transaction with Food Giant Cargill

HSBC and ING have performed a claimed world-first trade finance transaction on a single blockchain system for agri-food firm Cargill.

Business  ·  14 May 2018
Banking

Banking Giants Send $30 Million in Securities Over DLT

Credit Suisse and ING say they have successful sent securities worth €25 million ($30 million) over a system built with R3's Corda.

Business  ·  1 March 2018
Tether

Dutch Bank ING Says Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Is An Account Holder

Troubled cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has reportedly secured a banking relationship, according to reports by Bloomberg and Reuters.

Business  ·  20 February 2018
Agriculture

Commodity Merchant Louis Dreyfus Trials Blockchain for Soybean Trade

Louis Dreyfus, a major commodities trading company, has announced that it has piloted a blockchain-based transaction system developed by a group of financial institutions including ING.

Business  ·  22 January 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Likely to Become ‘Niche’ Product, Says ING’s Top Economist

The chief economist for Dutch banking giant ING believes bitcoin will likely wind up as a niche financial product, according to a new report.

Business  ·  19 December 2017
News

Shell, BP Among Energy Giants to Back Blockchain Trading Platform

Several major energy firms, including BP and Shell, are partnering on a new blockchain-based trading platform.

Markets  ·  7 November 2017
Banking

Banks Back Syndicated Loan Market Built on Corda Distributed Ledger

A new syndicated loan marketplace backed by a group of major banks is set to be launched on top of R3's Corda distributed ledger platform.

Business  ·  6 October 2017
Europe

Ideation to Realization: How Dutch Banks Are Harnessing Blockchain

How financial firms in the Netherlands are approaching blockchain, and how trends in the technology are shaping their work and progress.

Business  ·  4 September 2017