# ING Belgium

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/ing-belgium
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [ING Belgium — official](https://www.ing.be/)

## Key details

- **Launch:** 1996

## Overview

**ING Belgium** is **Belgian commercial bank** + **ING Group Dutch parent ENXTAM: INGA + NYSE: ING fully owned** + **one of Belgium's largest commercial banks by assets** + **~2.5M+ Belgian ING Belgium customers** + **founded 1996 as ING acquired BBL Banque Bruxelles Lambert + Postbank Belgium** <sup>[1][1], [Belgium report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/BE)</sup>.

## History

**1996 — ING Group Dutch parent acquires BBL Banque Bruxelles Lambert + Postbank Belgium**.

**1998 — ING Belgium rebrand**.

**2010 — ING Belgium Banking mobile app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **ING Belgium N.V.** (Belgian commercial bank; ING Group Dutch parent fully owned).

**Major shareholders**: **ING Bank N.V. (ENXTAM: INGA + NYSE: ING; Dutch banking group; ~38M+ customers globally + 40+ countries) fully owned**.

**Regulators**: **NBB Belgium + ECB**.

## Technical integration

ING Belgium Banking mobile app (iOS + Android; ~2.5M+ Belgian ING Belgium customers) + ing.be online + ING Belgium branch network across Belgium + ING Belgium Visa + Mastercard cards; SEPA + SEPA Instant + EPC-QR + Bancontact (Belgian national card scheme + mobile P2P payment scheme) + Wero (post-EPI launch).

## Implementations & partners

**ING Group parent**: [ING Netherlands](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/ing-nl) (ING Bank Netherlands; ENXTAM: INGA + NYSE: ING; Dutch banking group; ~38M+ customers globally + 40+ countries) + ING Italia (ING Italia; ING Group Italian online bank) + [ING Bank Śląski](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/ing-bank-slaski) (ING Bank Śląski; WSE: ING; Polish commercial bank; ~5M+ Polish customers) + ING Bank Romania (ING Romania; ING Group Romanian subsidiary).

**Major Belgian banking + payments competitors**: [BNP Paribas Fortis](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bnp-paribas-fortis) (BNP Paribas Fortis; Belgian commercial bank; BNP Paribas ENXTPA: BNP French parent fully owned; Belgium's largest commercial bank by assets + branches) + [KBC / KBC Mobile / Kate AI](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/kbc) (KBC Mobile; KBC Group BSE: KBC; Belgian banking group; Belgium's #2 commercial bank by assets + customers) + [Belfius Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/belfius) (Belfius Bank; Belgian state-owned commercial bank; Belgium's #3 commercial bank by assets) + [Argenta Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/argenta) (Argenta Bank; Belgian commercial bank; ~1.7M+ Belgian customers) + [Keytrade Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/keytrade) (Keytrade Bank Belgian online bank + brokerage) + [Aion Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/aion-bank) (Aion Bank Belgian digital bank; UniCredit acquired Mar 2025) + [Bancontact QR](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/bancontact-qr) (Bancontact Payconiq Belgian national card scheme + mobile P2P + retail payment scheme).

**Regulators**: NBB Belgium + ECB.

## Status

**Active, Belgian commercial bank + ING Group Dutch parent ENXTAM:INGA + NYSE:ING fully owned + one of Belgium's largest commercial banks by assets + ~2.5M+ Belgian ING Belgium customers** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.ing.be/ "ING Belgium — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ING_Belgium "ING Belgium — Wikipedia"
[be-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/BE

- [1] [ING Belgium — official][1]
- [2] [ING Belgium — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Belgium report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/BE)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/BE-belgium.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [ing-belgium.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/ing-belgium). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.