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Arnold, I. Corporate Change After the Global Financial Crisis. . A Case Study in Direct Banking. Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, 53(2), 245-271. https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.53.2.245
Arnold, Ivo "Corporate Change After the Global Financial Crisis. A Case Study in Direct Banking. " Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital 53.2, 2020, 245-271. https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.53.2.245
Arnold, Ivo (2020): Corporate Change After the Global Financial Crisis, in: Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, vol. 53, iss. 2, 245-271, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.53.2.245

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Corporate Change After the Global Financial Crisis

A Case Study in Direct Banking

Arnold, Ivo

Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, Vol. 53 (2020), Iss. 2 : pp. 245–271

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Prof. Dr. Ivo J. M. Arnold, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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  45. Petersen, M. A. (2004): Information: Hard and Soft. working paper, Kellogg School of Management.  Google Scholar
  46. Rajan, R. G. (1992): Insiders and Outsiders: the Choice between Informed and Arm’s Length Debt. The Journal of Finance, Vol. 47(4), 1367–1400.  Google Scholar
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Abstract

This paper examines the strategic response of the Dutch bank ING to the global financial crisis. Prior to the crisis, ING was a prominent global exponent of direct banking, using the so-called pure play internet (PPI) business model. PPI banking is a hybrid business model that combines features of relationship and transaction banking. Downsides of this business model are that it may lead to overexposure in securities and that it may attract savers that have an above-average sensitivity to interest rates or risk. Using data on the geographical activities of ING, the timeline of relevant events in the history of ING and strategy statements of ING management, we examine how ING has responded to the strategic challenges of the crisis. We conclude that PPI banking should be viewed more as a market penetration strategy than as a full-blown business model that is tenable in the long run.