ING DIRECT

ING DIRECT is a bank. They have a disruptive model focusing on banking through mail, online, and phone--removing brick and mortar sites. ING DIRECT acquired [ShareBuilder](http://home.ingdirect.com/about/about.asp?s=News07#11152007b) on November 7, 2007. Their unique approach to banking is backed by ING (NYSE:ING), a global financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking, insurance and asset management to over 60 million private, corporate and institutional clients in more than 50... countries. ING employs over 112,000 people in 50 countries, including more than 10,000 in the US, and has been operating in America for over 100 years. ING DIRECT is a member of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) which insures bank deposits up to $250,000. ING DIRECT (the operating name of ING Bank, fsb) is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. They have more than 6.5 million customers in the US, and another 15 million customers served by ING DIRECT divisions in Canada, Australia, France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Austria and Germany.More