The Dutch banking group ING Groep NV is launching a share buyback and dividend distribution program worth 2.5 billion euros, Reuters announces. At the same time, ING improves its estimates regarding the results for the whole year 2024, against the background of a profit above expectations recorded in the third quarter. ING reported yesterday that, in the July-September 2024 period, it made a net profit of 1.88 billion euros and a net interest income of 3.69 billion euros. "We registered even