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By far the biggest bank by assets in the country and boasting nine million account holders, ING is also the best bank in the Netherlands this year.

Best bank: ING

By far the biggest bank by assets in the country and boasting nine million account holders, ING is also the best bank in the Netherlands this year.

It performed particularly strongly thanks to higher rates and a low cost of risk. As a group, ING doubled its profit in 2023 to €7.3 billion, up from €3.7 billion in 2022. Return on equity came in at 14.8%, up from 7.2% a year earlier, even while it boosted its common equity tier-1 ratio from 14.5%

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