Arkadi Kuhlmann is annoyed by banks. He thinks that it’s ridiculous for customers to pay so many fees. That it isn’t too much to ask for a real person to pick up the phone when you call the 800 number ...

The Federal Reserve Board cleared the way last week for Capital One Financial Corp. to complete a $9 billion, cash and stock deal for ING Direct USA. It’s a coup for Capital One, which already ...

At the turn of the millennium, direct banking was viewed as being almost taboo. Internet upstart ING Direct was scoffed at by the traditional, stodgy brick-and-mortar banks. Now the bank is the envy ...

According to a recent Harris Interactive survey, more than 27% of U.S. parents admitted that they would rather talk to their kids about sex and dating than about money and finances. Now ING Direct, ...

ING Direct is branching out further with its no-branch direct banking niche by agreeing to acquire a like-minded Web evangelist for the safe-and-simple, long-term investment model: Seattle-based ...

RSA to carry out ID checks... Savings bank ING Direct is stepping up its online security by giving customers a stronger authentication process for logging into their accounts. The bank will use RSA ...

Commonwealth Bank of Australia subsidiary, BankWest, and ING Direct are set to announce mortgage increases of up to 25 basis points, the latest of several recent moves by the pair to tighten lending.