ING-Credit Suisse

The International Netherlands Group and Credit Suisse merged in 2017. In the ensuing years, ING-Credit Suisse began acquiring smaller banks throughout the United States and Europe. In the European Financial Crisis of 2022, ING-Credit Suisse emerged virtually unscathed, and seized on the opportunity to purchase several of the former giants of European banking, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, and the Royal Bank of Scotland, all of which had been severely crippled in the financial crisis. As of 2025, ING-Credit Suisse was the largest bank in the world, with employees numbering in the millions, over $10 trillion in assets, and operations in nearly every country in the world. In the ensuing decade, it made tremendous forays into North American banking, acquiring several of North America's largest banks. 2036 marked its first year as the largest financial institution within the United States, finally edging out rival, Wells Fargo. On the international scene, ING-Credit Suisse is dominant in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, and Africa. It has operations in South America and Asia but, in those areas, it is still well behind The Sumitomo Bank, based in Japan, and The Industrial & Commercial Bank of China.

ING-Credit Suisse is a known financier of corporations throughout the world, specializing mainly in real-estate, energy, communications and security. It is seen as the chief rival to the Azimuth, Datalite, Halon triumvirate, though only indirectly through its funding of the triumvirate's rivals.

Key Personnel

Abram Boehme - CEO. Abram Boehme is a Dutch-born Ethiopian who currently resides in Amsterdam. He was born in 1978, educated at The Sorbonne, and joined with ING in 2002. He rose to prominence quickly, and is seen as the chief architect of the ING-Credit Suisse merger, and the visionary behind the company's subsequent rise. He is one of the world's wealthiest men and, to this day, is known for his extreme work ethic. He routinely works over 100 hours a week, and has maintained this pace for over 40 years.

Jack Swayers - Director of North American Operations. Mr. Swayers was born in 1986 in Bethesda, Maryland. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, and subsequently joined Goldman-Sachs. He rose through ranks at the vaunted investment bank, eventually becoming its CEO in 2034, months before Goldman-Sachs was acquired by ING-Credit Suisse. During the acquisition, he was tapped to head ING-Credit Suisse's North American operations.