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Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) generates news coverage across multiple financial categories typical of a major regional bank. Earnings announcements detail performance across consumer banking, commercial lending, and wealth management divisions, while interest rate decisions by the Federal Reserve directly influence the bank's net interest margin and profitability outlook.
Strategic developments frequently drive Fifth Third headlines. The bank pursues acquisitions to expand capabilities in specialty finance, cash management, and commercial real estate lending. Geographic expansion announcements signal the bank's push into faster-growing Southeastern markets beyond its traditional Midwest base. Partnership agreements with financial technology companies highlight efforts to enhance digital banking products without full internal development.
Banking sector news affecting Fifth Third includes regulatory developments, capital requirement changes, and industry-wide credit quality trends. Economic indicators for the Midwest and Southeast regions where Fifth Third operates influence expectations for loan demand and deposit growth.
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Fifth Third (NASDAQ: FITB) is marking 20 years of exclusive partnership with the Ohio 529 CollegeAdvantage plan, a relationship that has helped more than 74,000 families save $2.5 billion for college since 2005.
The program offers nationwide access to dedicated savings accounts and multiple Fifth Third certificate of deposit (CD) rate options within the Ohio 529 plan, combining FDIC-insured CDs, competitive rates, tax-free growth for qualified education expenses, and potential Ohio state tax deductions for residents.
The partnership highlights term flexibility through Fifth Third CDs to align maturities with future education funding needs and emphasizes financial-wellness support for families planning higher-education expenses.
Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) will participate in the Goldman Sachs U.S. Financial Services Conference on December 10, 2025 at ~8:00 AM ET.
Tim Spence, chairman, CEO and president, and Bryan Preston, EVP and CFO, will represent the company. An audio webcast and any presentation slides will be available live and for approximately 14 days after the conference via the Investor Relations section of www.53.com, with printer-friendly slides posted on the website.
Fifth Third Private Bank (Nasdaq: FITB) was named Best Private Bank in North America for Customer Service for the second consecutive year as part of the 2025 Global Private Banking Awards.
The recognition highlights the Private Bank's client service focus and follows multiple 2025 awards from The Digital Banker, Global Private Banker, Global Finance, Euromoney and Datos Insights for areas including high net worth service, succession planning and digital client experience. Award entries were judged by a 21-member expert panel.
Fifth Third Bank (Nasdaq: FITB) announced it will decrease its prime lending rate to 7.00%, effective immediately.
The prior change was on September 17, 2025, when the bank lowered prime from 7.50% to 7.25%.
Fifth Third (NASDAQ: FITB) was named a 2025 Leading Disability Employer by the National Organization on Disability for inclusive hiring and retention practices across the employee lifecycle. The recognition highlights Fifth Third’s Business Resource Groups, founding partnership with Project SEARCH and the bank’s role as the first to design a checking account for the ABLE program. Since 2005 Fifth Third has trained more than 425 students through Project SEARCH, with 29 of those becoming current employees. The award used NOD’s Disability Inclusion Blueprint to assess talent outcomes, strategy, policies, and programs.
Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) will participate in the BancAnalysts Association of Boston Conference on November 7, 2025 at ~9:00 AM ET. Jamie Leonard, executive vice president and chief operating officer, and Bryan Preston, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will represent the company.
An audio webcast and any presentation slides will be available live and for approximately 14 days after the conference via the Investor Relations section of www.53.com, with slides provided in a printer-friendly format.
Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) reported 3Q25 diluted EPS $0.91 vs $0.78 a year ago and $0.88 in 2Q25, with net income available to common shareholders of $608M.
Key operating metrics: NII $1.525B (+7% YoY), noninterest income $781M (+10% YoY), AUM $77B (+12% YoY), efficiency ratio 54.9%, and tangible book value per share $21.66 (+7% YoY). Management completed $300M of share repurchases in the quarter.
Credit and items: provision for credit losses $197M (+23% YoY), net charge-off ratio rose to 1.09%, and certain items (interchange litigation and FDIC assessment) reduced EPS by $0.02 after tax.
Fifth Third Private Bank (Nasdaq: FITB) was named a Datos Insights 2025 Impact Award winner for Best Innovation in Client Experience on Oct. 16, 2025 during the Wealth Management Forum in New York.
The recognition highlights the bank's use of technology and specialized teams across investment, liquidity, estate, tax, and risk planning. The announcement cites a net promoter score of 75 and that nine out of ten clients give top ratings to their primary contact as evidence of improved client outcomes and satisfaction.
Fifth Third (Nasdaq: FITB) was named to the Forbes Best Customer Service 2026 list on October 14, 2025, marking its third consecutive year on the list. The company highlighted its focus on customer-centric service across branches, online and mobile channels.
Forbes partnered with customer-insights firm HundredX, which ran a year-long survey of more than 150,000 consumers and collected over 3.8 million ratings covering about 3,500 brands. Participants rated brands on personal interaction, speed, services and resolution.
Fifth Third (NASDAQ: FITB) says mortgage lending is a strategic growth engine, originating over $5.2 billion in mortgages in 2025 and ranking among the top 45 lenders nationally and top 15 banks for originations. The bank reports mortgage market share gains in 90% of key markets, a 16% increase in mortgage volume from 2023–2024 (retail/direct +39%), and internal Net Promoter Scores of 74–83. Home equity volume is +60% YoY in 2025. Fifth Third also highlights nearly $255 million invested in neighborhood economic development and claims mortgage-driven deposit growth of “hundreds of millions” over 24 months.
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