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Latest News Releases
Men more willing to share finances than women
04-05-2012 - Friday, 4 May 2012: Research carried out by ING DIRECT has shown twice as many men, than women, cited “being in love…” as a reason to open a joint bank account. Men were also more likely to initiate the ‘joint ac... Read More »
ING DIRECT To Decrease Variable Home Loan Rates By 0.30%
02-05-2012 - ING DIRECT will decrease the interest rate on its variable mortgages by 0.30%, effective Friday 11 May. ING DIRECT’s most popular mortgage, the Mortgage Simplifier will be 6.42% p.a. ING DIRECT is the fifth largest home lender in... Read More »
Economic Update – 2 May 2012
02-05-2012 - By Glenn Baker, Chief Financial Officer, ING DIRECT The Reserve Bank acted decisively following the 1 May Board meeting by reducing the official cash rate by 0.5% to 3.75%. The size of the cut was regarded as surprising by the mark... Read More »
ING DIRECT spokesperson available for comment re RBA rate decision
30-04-2012 - ING DIRECT Treasurer, Michael Witts, is available for comment regarding the RBA’s meeting on Tuesday 1 May. As an economist, Michael is able to offer comment on the rationale behind the RBA’s decision and outlook for the fut... Read More »
1 in 4 households suffer lower incomes - Seniors hardest hit while Gen Y Australians boost earnings
17-04-2012 - The ING DIRECT Financial Wellbeing Index reports that one in four Australians are facing reduced household incomes. NSW and Victoria both fared poorly – with 24% of households experiencing cuts to income over the past year. Weste... Read More »
ING Direct Completes First RMBS Deal For 2012
29-03-2012 - ING DIRECT Australia has raised AUD 800m in the first deal of the year for the Australian RMBS market. The issue was launched at AUD 500m but demand pushed the deal to AUD 800m priced at 145 points over one month BBSW. ING DIRECT Treas... Read More »
Quarterly Economic Outlook - Q2 2012
27-03-2012 - This ING DIRECT economic analysis draws together recent economic events with forward looking analysis to provide insight to likely future direction of interest rates for both home loan borrowers and savers especially term deposit inv... Read More »
ING DIRECT Australia Innovates with “Bank in a Box” Data Centre Solution
20-03-2012 - SYDNEY, Australia – ING DIRECT Australia today announced its integrated “Bank in a Box” private cloud solution from Cisco®, Dimension Data, Microsoft and NetApp to help accelerate its innovation and allow ... Read More »
Broker Channel Set To Expand With Digital Revolution
19-03-2012 - Wednesday, 14 March 2012: ING DIRECT is predicting current customer trends in banking will result in an increasing demand for broker and digital channels at the expense of branches. Speaking at the AB&F Mortgage Innovation conference... Read More »
ING DIRECT Australia Delivers Solid Result
07-03-2012 - 7th March 2012: ING DIRECT Australia today announced a net profit after tax of $304.3 million for the 12 months to 31 December 2011, up 10% on the previous year. ING DIRECT saw strong growth in deposits over the year combined with a str... Read More »
Videos
ING DIRECT and Sustainability
ING DIRECT Executives talk about the importance of Sustainability and how its customers, employees, community and the environment… More »
