ING Belgium, 'Official partner' of Mons 2015

PRESS RELEASE

Brussels, 23 January 2015

ING Belgium is closely associated with this great cultural event. As a direct retail bank, ING Belgium wishes to make art and culture accessible to all.

At ING Belgium culture occupies a place of choice. In addition to host a magnificent collection of art works, the bank also organises exhibitions.

The next two exhibitions at the ING Art Center, Place Royale , 1000 Brussels, will be labeled “Mons 2015”:  ECHOES – Common Grounds, Common Goods, from 19.03.2015 till 14.06.2015 and Pop Art in Belgium, from 15.10.2015 till 14.02.2016.

The bank also supports many initiatives in the art and cultural world in Belgium, such as Art Brussels, the Reine Elisabeth Musical Chapel as well as many summer festivals, including Couleur Café, Francofolies de Spa, Festival de Dour, les Ardentes and so on.

By choosing to be a partner of Mons 2015, we wish to promote art and culture and make them accessible for all, in line with our commitment to being a "universal bank". We aim to do so in different ways:

• a competition has been organized in connection with the exhibition "Van Gogh in the Borinage, the birth of an artist" to win free entrance tickets to the exhibition for family or friends;
  
• free guided tours of the Van Gogh exhibition on Saturdays and Sundays upon reservation;
  
• ree lockers at the entrance to the Van Gogh exhibition;
  
• "Van Goghise me" photo entertainment: giving photos a Van Gogh style;
  
• ING customers can buy one entrance ticket to the exhibitions organized in connection with Mons 2015 and get one free.

ING Belgium wishes also to participate in the economic growth of a city or a whole region. This partnership proves clearly our willingness to anchor our presence in the Mons area and to fully support its economy.

“Mons 2015” will allow the city and its surrounding area to develop in the socio-economic sphere and to benefit from significant returns on the cultural, touristic and media fronts.

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ING Belgium SA/NV

ING Belgium SA/NV services all banking customers with a wide range of financial products and via the distribution channel of their choice. ING Belgium SA/NV employs 8,975 FTE* and is a full subsidiary of ING Bank N.V. which services 32 million private, business and institutional clients in more than 40 countries in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Australia.

* End June 2014

For more informations:
Press Department: + 32 2 547 24 84, pressoffice@ing.be