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Postbank N.V.

Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Defunct Dutch bank

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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1881Founded1
  • Industrycredit institution1
  • HeadquartersAmsterdam1
  • Legal formnaamloze vennootschap1

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Photo: J.M. Luijt, CC BY 2.5 nl, via Wikimedia Commons5

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.2

The story

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

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.

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

From Wikipedia’s article on Postbank N.V., shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • bank

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Timeline

  1. 1990Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1881Founded Founded1

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