"Mr. Hamers had and has the complete support of the supervisory board," the agency quoted Wijers saying.

ING said on Tuesday that CFO Koos Timmermans would step down following the bank's 775 million euro (691.11 million pounds) settlement with prosecutors for failing to detect money laundering between 2010 and 2016.

(Reporting by Toby Sterling; editing by Jason Neely)