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ING Direct is backed by ING, a global financial institution that offers banking, insurance, and asset management to over 60 million private, corporate and institutional clients in over fifty countries. ING has over 112,000 employees in those fifty countries, including over 10,000 employees in the United States. ING has been operating in the United States for more than a century, and is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
ING Direct conducts business online, by telephone and by mail. ING asserts that without the high operational costs of other banks, they can pass the savings on to their customers. The 'Orange Mortgage', offered by ING, has no application fee and a simple application. It offers rates that can save you thousands of dollars on your mortgage as opposed to the traditional 30 year fixed mortgage. ING Direct is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware and has ING Direct cafes in Wilmington, Philadelphia, New York and Los Angeles. Over 3.5 million Americans save money with ING Direct in the US, and 15 million customers are served by ING Direct divisions in Canada, Australia, France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Austria and Germany.