ING in the provider monitor

Altersvorsorgedepot at ING from 2027

confirmed

Yes, and as of today with prices. By its own account ING waives every fee of its own. Only the product costs are paid: 0.2 percent a year in the Relax account, from 0.03 percent in the Aktiv account. That makes ING the first company in the monitor to name the zero for custody, orders and switching together.

ProductSecurities accountOrderETFs/fundsReduction in yield
Altersvorsorge-Depot RelaxSecurities account€0Order€0ETFs/funds0.2%Reduction in yield—
Altersvorsorge-Depot AktivSecurities account€0Order€0ETFs/fundsfrom 0.03%Reduction in yield—
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Securities account
“0 euros; by its own account the company waives all of its own fees: no custody fee, no order fee for one-off payments and switches, no cost when moving to another provider”
Order
“0 euros; by its own account savings-plan execution, one-off payments and switches are free of charge”
ETFs/funds
“0.2 percent a year in the Altersvorsorge-Depot Relax, from 0.03 percent a year in the Altersvorsorge-Depot Aktiv, in each case ongoing product costs plus transaction costs”
Altersvorsorge-Depot Relax
savings-plan execution, one-off payments and switches. ongoing product costs of two pre-selected ETFs, plus transaction costs.
Altersvorsorge-Depot Aktiv
savings-plan execution, one-off payments and switches. depending on the choice from what the company states as over 1,000 ETFs and funds, plus transaction costs.
Provider type Direct bankSurvey 4 November 2026Rolf Henning Hackel, Finanzexperte und Gründer von AVD VergleichVerified by Rolf Henning Hackel on 3 November 2026

The commitment in detail

In substance the bank sets a clear priority. By its own account it is concentrating on the Altersvorsorgedepot and merely watching the Frühstartrente, the early-start pension. So one product, not several, is likely to be ready at launch.

A depot fee of 0.20% for ING is circulating in guides, yet that figure appears nowhere on the bank's own site. We looked and found nothing. Until certification no provider is naming reliable prices, ING included.

On 15 September 2026 the plan became a commitment. The sentence “Deshalb planen wir, zum Start des Altersvorsorgedepots ein Angebot bereitzustellen” — so we plan to provide an offering at the launch — is no longer on the page. In its place it now says “Diese Altersvorsorgedepots können Sie in Zukunft bei uns eröffnen” — these are the Altersvorsorgedepots you will be able to open with us — with two named variants below. The standard depot works with preselected ETFs and shifts automatically five years before the payout phase; in the self-directed depot you assemble the portfolio yourself. A promotion with fixed deadlines runs alongside. Sign up to the starter list by 30 November 2026, be new to ING and open a depot by 15 February 2027, and you get a starting bonus of over €50. The bank still names no price.

The prices are now in a press release of its own, with a date. Neither variant charges custody fees, order fees or execution fees on a savings plan — only the product costs of the ETFs remain. In the Relax-Depot that is 0.20 percent a year for two actively managed ETFs, in the Aktiv-Depot from 0.03 percent depending on the choice from over 1,000 ETFs and funds. Saving starts at ten euros a month. This confirms what the product page had said since 7 October.

What ING adds at the start

ING pays a 50-euro starting bonus to anyone who joined the Starteliste in 2026 and opens an Altersvorsorge-Depot by 15 February 2027.

Two conditions together: joining the Starteliste while it is still 2026 AND opening by 15 February 2027. Only for eligible new customers.

The second condition runs out faster than the first: anyone who does not join in 2026 can no longer earn the bonus even by opening in January 2027. The deadline in the calendar is 15 February; the deadline in practice is 31 December.

The facts at a glance

Does it offer an AVD?
Yes, confirmed
Planned launch
1 January 2027
Your contracting party
still open, the provider names no contracting party
Access for retail investors
Direct sign-up possible
Certified (BZSt)
No; certification is granted on application by the Federal Central Tax Office, before the first sale
Terms published
Yes, on its own product page: no fees of its own, 0.2 percent ongoing product costs in the Relax account, from 0.03 percent in the Aktiv account. A price list following certification is still outstanding
Pre-registration
Starting list until 31 December 2026, plus a 50-euro starting bonus for new customers opening the account by 15 February 2027
Variants announced
Altersvorsorge-Depot Relax with two pre-selected ETFs, Altersvorsorge-Depot Aktiv with your own selection
How far along the offer is
terms stated
Investment universe
two variants: Altersvorsorge-Depot Relax with two pre-selected ETFs and automatic switching into the bond ETF, Altersvorsorge-Depot Aktiv with what the company states as over 1,000 selected ETFs and funds
Contribution guarantee
no guarantee; according to the FAQ, Altersvorsorgedepots without a guarantee
Riester transfer
possible. ING plans a digital switching service during 2027 and says explicitly that nobody has to wait for it: the depot can be opened at market launch and the Riester contract transferred later.
Securities account fee
0 euros; by its own account the company waives all of its own fees: no custody fee, no order fee for one-off payments and switches, no cost when moving to another provider
Order costs
0 euros; by its own account savings-plan execution, one-off payments and switches are free of charge
Fund charges
0.2 percent a year in the Altersvorsorge-Depot Relax, from 0.03 percent a year in the Altersvorsorge-Depot Aktiv, in each case ongoing product costs plus transaction costs
Source of the information
Provider’s website, sections „Gebühren sparen. Mehr für Ihre Rente." and „Anbieterkosten der ING sparen" on the product page · as of 27 October 2026
Cost figures read on
Provider’s website, sections „Gebühren sparen. Mehr für Ihre Rente." and „Anbieterkosten der ING sparen" on the product page, 27 October 2026
Bonus at the start
€50 · until 15 February 2027
Provider website

About ING

ING Deutschland traces back to a founding in 1965, trades as ING-DiBa AG with its head office in Frankfurt am Main and has been wholly part of the Dutch ING Groep since 2003. It operates without branches and is regarded as one of the country's largest direct banks, with a current account, call money and a securities account. As a universal bank supervised by the ECB and BaFin it holds the securities accounts itself.

Answered briefly

Does ING offer an Altersvorsorgedepot?
Yes. Evidence: the provider's website, 7 October 2026. The wording and our verification date are at the top of this page.
What has ING already decided, and what not?
The commitment and two named variants are decided. Costs and fund selection are not decided.
What does the Altersvorsorgedepot cost at ING?
Pre-registering tells you about the launch first, not about the price. Only the schedule of fees that follows certification turns a statement into a price.

Where the information comes from

We show what the status rests on, with the type of source and the date. We keep the deep link internally so that the statement is still evidenced even when the page disappears at the provider.

Evidence for the status “confirmed”
provider website, 26 October 2026 · last verified by us on 3 November 2026 „Damit mehr für Ihre Rente bleibt, verzichten wir beim Altersvorsorge-Depot komplett auf eigene Gebühren.“

Other major and direct banks in the monitor

No page of their own, because nothing is findable in public: LBBW / BW-Bank.

How to cite this page

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ING: status “confirmed” on the Altersvorsorgedepot from 1 January 2027, AVD provider monitor, as of 4 November 2026, this provider last verified 3 November 2026.

Part of the AVD provider monitor · Full survey 4 November 2026 · CC BY 4.0

Responsible for the contentRolf Henning Hackel

Graduate lawyer and financial market expert. The status and evidence on this page come from a named source with a date. Changes are recorded in the monitor’s change log.

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