Postbank N.V.

Postbank
	Leeuwenburg, the former administration office of Postbank N.V. at the Amstel station in Amsterdam
Company type	N.V.
Industry	Financial services
Predecessors	Postcheque- en Girodienst; Rijkspostspaarbank
Founded	1881; 143 years ago (as Rijkspostspaarbank); 1986 (as Postbank)
Defunct	February 10, 2009; 15 years ago
Fate	Merged with ING Bank
Headquarters	Weesperzijde 190, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Products	Banking, insurance, mortgages, pensions
Parent	ING Group
Website	postbank.nl

Postbank N.V. was a large Dutch bank, which went on to become part of ING Group. It had 7.5 million private account holders and was one of the largest providers of financial services in the country. It provided current and savings accounts, loans, mortgages, insurance, investments and pensions.

As opposed to other banks, it had no branches but operated completely through land mail, telephone and online banking, although some operations have traditionally been available through post offices.

History

It was founded in 1881 by the national government as the Rijkspostspaarbank (National Postal Savings Bank).^[1] In 1986 it was privatised, together with the Postgiro service, as the Postbank.^[2]

A merger in 1989 with the NMB Bank led to the creation of NMB Postbank Groep, and a further merger with insurer Nationale Nederlanden in 1991 created the ING Group.^[3]^[4]

On 16 May 2007, ING Group announced plans to merge its ING Bank subsidiary with Postbank to form a single brand.^[5] The new organisation, launched in February 2009, is called ING and has approximately 8.3 million unique private account holders.

References

^ Stellinga, Bart; de Hoog, Josta; van Riel, Arthur; de Vries, Casper (2021), Stellinga, Bart; de Hoog, Josta; van Riel, Arthur; de Vries, Casper (eds.), "The History of Money Creation", Money and Debt: The Public Role of Banks, Research for Policy, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 47–81, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-70250-2_3, ISBN 978-3-030-70250-2, retrieved 8 August 2023
^ "9 Privatization Industry Studies: Commercial Banking". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ ING.com. "History". ING.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ "ING Group NV | Banking, Insurance, Investment | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ "ING took care and time over merger implementation". Financial Times. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2023.