Exhibit 12.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Tanate Phutrakul,
certify that:
1.
I
have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 20-F of ING Groep N.V.;
2.
Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report;
4.
The
company’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and
have:
(a) Designed such
disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal
control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over
financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the
effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented
in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report
based on such evaluation;
(d) Disclosed in this
report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting
that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
company’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The
company’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or
not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: March 4, 2019
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/s/ Tanate Phutrakul
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Tanate Phutrakul
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Chief Financial Officer
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