Intern, Agency Services Asia

Why ING?

The world of banking is changing faster than ever. That’s why we at ING are always broadening our horizons. Our people have a forward-thinking mentality, a strong can-do spirit and enjoy working in an agile environment.

ING in Asia Pacific

In Asia Pacific, ING offers wholesale banking across 11 markets, namely Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

ING offers both retail and wholesale banking services in Australia. ING’s regional presence includes a 13% stake in Bank of Beijing, China and a 30% stake in TMBThanachart Bank in Thailand.

Singapore is the regional headquarters for ING's Wholesale Banking (WB) business in Asia, which includes all WB business lines such as Financial Markets, Strategic Products, Sectors, Lending and Transaction Services and other support functions.

What does the Agency Services Asia Team do in ING?

Agency Services Asia undertakes deals where ING acts as a Facility Agent / Security Agent.

A facility agent acts as the primary point of contact between the transaction parties to a syndicated loan. While appointed to coordinate communication between clients, lenders and business partners, the Facility agent is also responsible for handling the flow of funds and providing ongoing transaction support during the lifecycle of a deal.

In their role as facility agent (and/or security agent) the agency team are part of an agency platform and oversee a wide range of deals originating from various industry sectors including but not limited to Diversified Corporates, Financial Institutions (predominately Insurance and Investment Funds), Transportation, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Acquisition Finance. Our portfolio has diversified deals, and we work closely with the Business Units in Asia - Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo.

What would you be doing?

• To assist the Deal Leads in:

  • Collating security documents received from external legal counsels

  • Ensuring that the documents stipulated in the Agreement are received, in order and vaulted

  • Liaising with legal counsels on pending documents to be received

  • Monitoring of financial and covenants that are due

• To handle simple administration tasks related to loan financing, i.e. Repricing, Prepayment, Scheduled Repayment, etc.

• Any other tasks assigned by the Deal Leads.

Learning opportunities

• Understands how the bank pitches for a deal and invites lenders to join a syndicate.

• Opportunity to see various legal documentation.

• Will have visibility of Front Office, Middle Office & Back Office processes.

• Work with professional and experienced teams within the bank.

• Experience the Bank’s various systems.

• Exposure to the working culture in an international bank.

What qualities, skills and other criteria are we looking for?

• Skilled in Microsoft Office applications (especially Word & Excel).

• Fluent in spoken and written English.

• Some knowledge of banking processes.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision on assigned tasks.

• Self-motivated and ambitious for personal development.

Need more information?

• For information on ING Wholesale Bank, visit https://www.ingwb.com/

• For information on careers, visit https://www.ing.jobs/Global/Careers.htm

This is a six-month full-time Internship position starting from August 2026