Identity & Authority: ING Groep N.V. – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

ING Groep N.V.

(https://www.ing.com) πŸ“Έ Data Snapshot: May 17, 2026
Identity & Authority β€” The Lens

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
10 Impact Weight: 15 / 100
67% Reputation

Authority is generally strong due to the listing of named executives (Steven van Rijswijk) and board members with links to profiles. However, the site suffers from a technical credibility gap due to the ‘Share performance’ page being virtually empty and the complete absence of structured JSON-LD schema (schema_json is null) in the provided data. This lack of technical SEO structure for an entity of this scale is a minor authority red flag.

Most performance claims are anchored in verifiable financial reporting (1Q2026 press releases), which significantly lowers the BS score. The main disconnect lies in the marketing tone of the sustainability section, which admits ‘we still finance more that’s not [sustainable]’ while simultaneously claiming to ‘play a leading role’ in the low-carbon transition. This creates a rhetorical gap between the bold H2 ‘Putting sustainability at the heart’ and the admitted reality of the current portfolio.

Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.

πŸ”— Identity & Technical Layer β€” schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage β€” no schema detected (entity gap)
/about-us/ing-at-a-glance/ β€” no schema detected (entity gap)
/investors/share-information/share-performance/ β€” no schema detected (entity gap)
/about-us/ing-in-your-area/ β€” no schema detected (entity gap)
/about-us/management-structure/supervisory-board/ β€” no schema detected (entity gap)
/about-us/management-structure/executive-board-and-management-board-banking/ β€” no schema detected (entity gap)
πŸ›‘οΈ Trust Signals β€” external proof links that back the declared identity
38Review mentions (all pages)
0External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 7 0
/about-us/ing-at-a-glance/ 7 0
/investors/share-information/share-performance/ 6 0
/about-us/ing-in-your-area/ 6 0
/about-us/management-structure/supervisory-board/ 6 0
/about-us/management-structure/executive-board-and-management-board-banking/ 6 0