{"id":1226,"date":"2026-09-28T12:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:33:12","slug":"reint-jelger-why-does-the-ing-bank-have-an-office-in-ljouwert-how-many-people-work-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=1226","title":{"rendered":"Reint Jelger: Why does the ING Bank have an office in Ljouwert? How many people work there?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google Gemini: ING maintains a major office location in <strong>Ljouwert (Leeuwarden)<\/strong> because it serves as one of the bank&#8217;s primary administrative and operational headquarters in the Netherlands, alongside its global headquarters in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why ING is in Ljouwert<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Historical Presence &amp; Regional Banking Roots:<\/strong> ING&#8217;s operational roots in Ljouwert date back to <strong>1971<\/strong> with predecessor institutions (including the Rijkspostspaarbank and Postbank). Over the decades, the city became a core hub for customer support, payment processing, and back-office banking administration. Newsroom ING Nederland &#8211; ING<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>National Customer Services &amp; Operations Hub:<\/strong> The Ljouwert hub is dedicated primarily to <strong>Client Services and Support<\/strong>. It acts as a central operations engine, handling customer interactions, digital banking support, and transactional services for millions of private and business clients across the entire Netherlands. ING.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Strategic Employment &amp; Modern Infrastructure:<\/strong> ING recently reaffirmed its commitment to the region by relocating from its long-standing tower on the Tesselschadestraat to a brand-new, sustainable 7,000 m\u00b2 office named <strong>Hazel<\/strong> on the Reviusstraat in early 2026. Newsroom ING Nederland &#8211; ING<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Headcount &amp; Workforce Size<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Total Workforce:<\/strong> Approximately <strong>1,200 internal ING employees<\/strong> work out of the Ljouwert office, supported by around <strong>150 external contractors\/consultants<\/strong>, making total staffing roughly <strong>1,350 people<\/strong>. Headliner.nl<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Workplace Design:<\/strong> The new Hazel facility features around <strong>500 hybrid workstations<\/strong> designed around flexible, activity-based working patterns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reint Jelger: How many offices does the ABN Amro still have in Fryslan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google Gemini: ABN AMRO has <strong>1 physical bank office<\/strong> remaining in Frysl\u00e2n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Leeuwarden \/ Ljouwert:<\/strong><strong>Willemskade 10<\/strong> ABN Amro\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This location functions primarily as a regional advisory center and handles <strong>Private Banking<\/strong> (ABN AMRO MeesPierson) alongside specialized commercial client services by appointment. ABN Amro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a nationwide consolidation strategy where ABN AMRO reduced its network from hundreds of retail branches down to around 25 to 30 strategic regional hubs across the Netherlands, previous full-service branches in Frisian towns like <strong>Sneek<\/strong>, <strong>Drachten<\/strong>, and <strong>Harlingen<\/strong> were permanently closed.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyday retail banking (cash deposits, withdrawals, and balance checks) is no longer processed through traditional branch counters but via <strong>Geldmaat<\/strong> yellow ATMs distributed throughout the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Gemini: ING maintains a major office location in Ljouwert (Leeuwarden) because it serves as one of the bank&#8217;s primary administrative and operational headquarters in the Netherlands, alongside its global headquarters in Amsterdam. Why ING is in Ljouwert Headcount &amp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=1226\">Weiterlesen <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1227,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions\/1227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}