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About ING Belgium
Below are a few milestones at ING Belgium in a nutshell
1998
BBL acquisition
BBL, which was created from the merger between Banque Lambert and Banque van Brussel (1975), was taken over by the ING group
2002
Brand name BBL disappears
Name BBL disappears and becomes ING Belgium
Financial crisis hits the banking sector. The Dutch state injects 10 billion euros into the group, which in exchange must reorganize and give up part of its activities on the orders of the European Commission.
2008
Financial crisis
2016
ING is cutting 7,000 jobs worldwide
ING announces that it will cut 3158 jobs in Belgium, of which 1700 will be naked redundancies. ING has already been hit by job losses in recent years.
The unions are trying to limit the loss and are working together on a social plan. 55+ and guidance.
2021 - 2024
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