Tangerine is owned by the Bank of Nova Scotia, more commonly known as Scotiabank. Tangerine was formerly known as ING Direct, but in 2012 it was acquired by Scotiabank in a deal valued at over 3 billion dollars. Today, Tangerine is wholly owned by Scotiabank and operates as a subsidiary. Although functionally still two different banks, Tangerine customers can access Scotiabank ATMs for free, which means that they also have access to the Global ATM Network.