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2019 ING Group Annual Report on Form 20-F
 
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Exhibit 15.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Supervisory Board
 
ING Groep N.V.:
We consent to the incorporation by
 
reference in the registration
 
statements (Nos. 333-92220, 333-81564, 333-
108833, 333-125075, 333-137354, 333-149631, 333-158154,
 
333-158155, 333-165591, 333-168020, 333-172919,
333-172920, 333-172921 and 333-215535) on Form S-8 and in the registration statement (No. 333-227391) on Form
F-3 of ING Groep N.V.
 
of our reports dated March 2, 2020, with respect to the consolidated statements of financial
position of ING Groep N.V.
 
as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of profit or loss,
comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2019, and the related notes and specific disclosures described in Note 1 of the consolidated financial
statements as being part of the consolidated financial statements, and the effectiveness
 
of internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, which reports appear in the December 31,
 
2019 annual report on Form
20-F of ING Groep N.V.
Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers
 
to changes in accounting principles due to: the adoption
of International Financial Reporting Standard 16, ‘
Leases
’ in 2019, the early adoption of the amendments to IAS 39
Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement
’ and IFRS 7 ‘
Financial Instruments: Disclosures
’ in relation to
the Interest Rate Benchmark Reform
 
in 2019, and the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standard 9,
Financial Instruments
’ in 2018.
 
/s/ KPMG Accountants N.V.
Amstelveen, the Netherlands
March 6, 2020