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📅 WeAreDevelopers World Congress on 18 to 19 July @ Berlin, Germany – we are here and it is a hit! With around 13,500 attendees, it was a vibrant first day. Take a look below to see we covered so far on day 1 and what’s happening on day 2! Our data scientist experts from ING Deutschland, Esha Agarwal and doraly chezeu sukem gave us the following update: What caught the attention of our audience the most so far? ✔ Our session on using #AI for fraudulent transaction detection, outlier identification and the relevance of this use case to broader outlier detection applications. ✔ Our approach to addressing the challenge of multi-language text impacting model performance. Our solution, which involves context-aware translation mapping, offers a robust framework for any multi-language model issues. What did we take away from our talks so far? 💡 Apart from the positive feedback and interesting conversations with peers in the tech community, the insightful questions from attendees were immensely rewarding! One particularly intriguing query involved potential meaning changes in translations—a rare but fascinating challenge we considered in our design. We thank everyone who joined us so far, and to the organisers for an incredible event. Looking forward to continuing the conversation and exploring new #AIfrontiers! Check out what’s on at the big stage and at our #INGbooth! ------------------ 🦁🧡#ING Booth micro talks: 📅 Day 1 (July 18) ·     10:50: Sooth UI with View Transitions, by Grzegorz Grzywocz ·     13:30: From Bottleneck to Breakthrough: Escaping API hell with contract testing, by Dominik Krichabaum ·     14:50: To Mock or not to Mock: that is the Question, by Theresa Heine ·     16:10: Up-skilling our internal tech workforce – #INGTechAcademy, by Jay Pillai   📅 Day 2 (July 19) ·     10:10: From Bottleneck to Breakthrough: Escaping API hell with contract testing, by Dominik Krichabaum ·     11:30: Building an engaging in-company developer community, by Rafael Pugliese & Torsten Wiederkehr ·     14:10: Sooth UI with View Transitions, by Grzegorz Grzywocz ·     14:50: Securing Success: Balancing IT Security and Productivity with a Dose of Common Sense, by Thibaut Valarche ----------------- 🦁 📅📢 ING on the BIG stage: ·     July 18 @ 11:30: Algebraic Data Types + pattern Matching = Elegant and readable Java code, by Balkrishna Rawool ·     July 18 @ 13:30: Open sourcing a library: how hard can that be? ·     July 18 @ 14:10: Unleashing the power of AI to prevent financial crime,⭐ by Esha Agarwal & doraly chezeu sukem with over 200 people in the audience! ·     July 18 @ 13:40: Deep Fakes: The Lies We Can’t See, by George Proorocu & Mihai Roman Stay tuned, we will share the full wrap up soon!

The GenAI promised land – what will it take to reach full potential and reap the benefits? Our Sector Economist, Diederik Stadig believes investment in data and digital infrastructure is a crucial prerequisite. Catch up on his latest take here https://lnkd.in/epttgTcV   #GenAI #ArtificalIntelligence #Digitalinfrastructure

This year we wrap up Pride month with a bang! We’re delighted to have increased our ranking from “Ambassador” (82,1% in 2023) to “Advocate” by this year’s Workplace Pride global benchmark (90.6% in 2024)! For 11 consecutive years, we’ve been improving our score in the Workplace Pride benchmark. Today’s outcome shows our commitment to ensure an LGBTQI+ inclusive culture. We applaud our Rainbow Lions and their allies for their hard work which paid off in a big way this year! 🌈 🦁 #PrideMatters. Every day. #WorkplacePride #HumanResources

This #Pridemonth, we asked #ING colleagues to share their personal stories with us and today, on June 28th which commemorates the 1969 Stonewall riots, we share it with you. Here's a short clip, click the link to get their full stories: https://lnkd.in/enn5zaJT 🌈 Pride matters. Every day. 🤝🧡

Sheila Gemin, our global head of corporate technology, always champions people over tech, and that’ll be her core message at the European Women in Tech on 26-27 June, in Amsterdam! It’s also a message she reiterates with her 500-strong team of SaaS and tech engineers, based in six countries across the globe. “In my presentation at EWiT, I will highlight a number of aspects that are important in relation to #AI, such as objectives, ethical issues and the necessary mindshift. I want to encourage people to think about how this fantastic technology can help individuals and organisations to add value. I’m not an AI engineer, so I won’t explain how AI works. But what I will do is give the audience insight and encouragement to explore how they can benefit from AI.” #WomenInTech Check out Sheila's presentation and more at #EWiT: https://lnkd.in/eHDxshxe Join us at #ING https://lnkd.in/e6s8pcjn

Over 25 years ago, Zhilla Noorbakhsh was one of only six women studying software engineering in her native Iran. Now, as our global IT lead, she’s taking the stage at European Women in Tech on 26-27 June, in Amsterdam. Get ready for inspiration and practical guidance from Zhilla on leading large team scale-ups to meet business demands and drive significant transformation in the process! #WomenInTech “A scale-up can be overwhelming and exciting. Imagine suddenly doubling or tripling your team size in a matter of months... That requires a huge transformation for both the leader and the team.” Learn more about Zhilla at #EWiT: https://lnkd.in/ejg9bU4A Join us at #ING https://lnkd.in/e6s8pcjn

At ING, Pride Month is celebrated by everyone 🌈 🦁 . On June 17th, our employee networks RING & Rainbow Lions hosted an event where #ING colleagues gathered for an open panel discussion. After the poignant messages shared by Bariş, Teddy, and Vroukje, it is clear why #Pride still matters, and how everyone, whether directly or indirectly, has a part to play. https://lnkd.in/ewVYgRuW

June 19th marks Juneteenth, now a federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. In recognition of this event, it is great to see ING Americas partner with Minds Matter NYC, an organisation that seeks to address disparities in employment and economic mobility for students from low-income families so as to provide them with the preparation and possibilities to succeed in college and their future. Minds Matter NYC (MM-NYC ) is a 7+ year college and career attainment program, spanning high school through their first years as a professional, that offers a combination of individualised mentor support and academic instruction, providing students with the resources, information, and guidance they need to gain admission to, and graduate from four-year colleges and universities. As one of MM-NYC’s partner organisations, ING America is engaged on several levels, one of which is the investment in MM-NYC’s “Propel Program”, which creates a meaningful talent pipeline for intern and analyst recruitment at ING. In addition to this investment, employees of ING America have first-hand experience of working with the students in the MM-NYC program across high school and university. 1. ING engagement includes (a) one-day volunteer events throughout the year or (b) 3-mo MM-NYC Career Coach program. Volunteer Days are opportunities for ING staff to spend 1-2 hours helping high-school students with networking, interview etiquette and general communication, while as Career Coaches, experienced ING employees are paired with MM-NYC college students who are interested in finance and banking. 2. Outside of ING, individuals may sign-up on their own to serve as 3-year Mentors or Writing & Critical Thinking Advisors for these students during high school, volunteering with MM-NYC every Saturdays for 2-3 hours per week during the school year. 3. ING America also participates MM-NYC’s annual Career Incubator during which ING colleagues partake in a number of panels, educating approx. 75-100 MM-NYC students about various banking and non-banking careers in finance and the culture of ING. Over the 3-years of partnership with MM-NYC, ING America has had 75+ ING colleagues volunteering in different ways at MM-NYC events, and 8 MM-NYC students joining ING Summer Internship Program, with one being hired full-time – and hopefully more to join ING Americas! 👏 🎓

For #VotingFriday last week, we asked the football fanatics among you, who are following #euro24, which country you thought was the big spender when it comes to purchasing supporter merchandise. Stuart was brave enough to come forward with a vote for the English, which sadly missed the mark! The results are in - see any surprises? 👀 📈 Share your thoughts and read the full breakdown: https://lnkd.in/estiTwiB

We love a productive start to the week! Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hosting investors and analysts at ING’s Capital Markets Day in London. Under the headline ‘Growing the difference’ CEO Steven van Rijswijk and the other members of ING’s Management Board provided an update on the next phase of our strategy, aimed at being the best European bank by accelerating growth, increasing impact, and delivering value.🧡 We also shared our financial targets for the coming years. Check out the webcast and presentations https://lnkd.in/e2AgeQjz (From left to right: Sjoerd Miltenburg, head of Investor Relations and Q&A host; Andrew Bester, head of Wholesale Banking; Ljiljana Čortan, chief risk officer; Steven van Rijswijk, chief executive officer, Tanate Phutrakul, chief financial officer, Pinar Abay, head of Retail, Market Leaders and Challengers & Growth Markets; Marnix van Stiphout, chief operations officer, chief transformation officer and chief technology.)