It said customer deposits grew 13% in annual terms in the first half of 2021, to RON46 billion, while its loan portfolio grew 9%, to RON30.4 billion.
The lender’s new mortgage loan production increased by 21% in January-June 2021, and applications for the New Home program surged almost 50%.
On the lending segment within the IMM Invest program, ING Bank Romania had received over 4,000 requests until June 2021, compared with 7,500 requests throughout 2020. The value of loans approved during the two-and-a-half month functioning period of the program in 2021 is similar to the level recorded for the whole 2020. Consequently, ING Bank requested the supplementation of the ceiling allocated in order to keep offering this financing option too until the end of 2021.
Contactless payments also remained on an upward trend and the number of card transactions grew 20% on the year in the first half of 2021, while online payments grew 25%.