ING today published the 2015 Integrated Annual Report of ING Groep N.V. (IAR) and the Annual Report of ING Bank N.V.. Similar to last year, the IAR is an integrated report, which combines the discussion of ING's financial and non-financial performance in 2015.

This year's IAR theme is "A Step Ahead", reflecting both our accomplishments in 2015 and our ambitions, as an innovative bank, to excel in creating a differentiating customer experience. In 2015, ING delivered strong commercial and financial performance, and we made significant progress on implementing our Think Forward strategy. We continued to work to empower our customers with tools that give them better insight into their finances, and products and services that make banking easier. We welcomed 1.4 million new retail customers in 2015. In line with the IAR's theme, the report also addresses how future uncertainties and challenges could affect our strategy.

ING is committed to the sustainable development of society through responsible financing and to supporting our clients with sustainable transitions. Most of our sustainability information is provided in the IAR. However, we also include a 'Non-financial Appendix' which contains supplemental non-financial information required by the sustainability raters. The Appendix previously appeared as a separate document.

ING today also published the 2015 Annual Review, which provides in an attractive and summarised format information from the Annual Report and gives a comprehensive overview of our businesses and ING's overall strategy supported by several case studies.

The Annual Report of ING Groep N.V., as well as the Annual Report of ING Bank N.V and the Annual Review, are available on the ING website. Other documents related to ING's Annual General Meeting (AGM), including the agenda for the AGM, will be available as of 10 March 2016 on the ING website. The AGM will be held on 25 April 2016 in Amsterdam.

ING will also file today its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2015 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The 2015 Form 20-F is available on the ING website, and can be downloaded from the SEC website (www.sec.gov) later today.