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For the second consecutive year, Fifth Third (NASDAQFITB) has been named among the World’s Most Admired Companies™ by Fortune Magazine.

Fifth Third (NASDAQFITB) customers can receive tax refunds via direct deposit up to five days early, for free, with a Fifth Third Momentum® Banking account.1 Fifth Third is one of the only banks in the country to offer this service to customers. Getting customers tax refunds up to five days early is just one way Fifth Third challenges what is possible, making banking a Fifth Third Better®.

On Wednesday, Fifth Third celebrated the opening of a new full-service banking center in Charlotte’s Historic West End Neighborhood, the first of 15 banking centers Fifth Third plans to open in low- and moderate-income (LMI) or high minority (HMT) population census tracts this year. With the new branch, Fifth Third will help increase financial access while contributing to the revitalization of the Historic West End.

Throughout the month of November, Fifth Third (NASDAQFITB) showed appreciation to small businesses across its 11-state footprint through a unique social media competition and tipping campaign, with employees celebrating their favorite local small businesses on social media for the opportunity to win one of five $5,300 grants.

This Week in Fintech announced its annual This Week in Fintech Awards at the 2024 Fintech Formal in New York. Newline™ by Fifth Third was awarded Most Innovative Financial Institution. Newline is an API-first platform to launch embedded payment and deposit solutions directly with Fifth Third Bank (NASDAQFITB).

Small businesses across Fifth Third’s 11-state footprint will feel the love this holiday shopping season: from now until Dec. 1, Fifth Third employees can enter their favorite local small business in a sweepstakes to win one of five $5,300 microgrants.

Extending its longstanding commitment to financial literacy, the Fifth Third Foundation is proud to support the development of a new tool that aims to make personal finance more accessible to young adults.

Fifth Third Wealth Advisors®, a multi-custodial registered investment advisory firm, is pleased to announce its newest team and office in Winton-Salem, North Carolina. The following advisors joined the organization having managed $1.8 billion in client assets at their previous firm:

At a London-based event, Fifth Third Private Bank, a division of Fifth Third Bank, was named the Best Private Bank in North America for Customer Service. The recognition was part of the 2024 Global Private Banking Awards.

Fifth Third Wealth Advisors®, a multi-custodial registered investment advisory firm, is pleased to announce the expansion of its presence in Charlotte, North Carolina. The following advisor team has joined Fifth Third Wealth Advisors having managed $2 billion in client assets at their previous firm:

Fifth Third has been named to Forbes’ Best for Customer Service 2025 list. This marks the second consecutive year Fifth Third’s customer service efforts have been recognized by Forbes.

Fifth Third broke ground yesterday on a new financial center in the West Englewood neighborhood on the storied South Side of Chicago, one of five centers the Bank is opening in a low- and moderate-income (LMI) or high minority (HMT) population census tract this year. With the next gen branch, Fifth Third will help increase financial access to residents while contributing to the revitalization of the Western Avenue corridor.

Greater Cincinnati is a community built by changemakers: the individuals, institutions and innovators who boldly pursue new opportunities to help the city grow and thrive.

Fifth Third’s inclusive employment practices have been recognized by the National Organization on Disability (NOD), which has named the company a 2024 Leading Disability Employer in advance of National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October.

The Fifth Third New Markets Development Company has received a $50 million allocation in New Markets Tax Credits from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

Fifth Third’s longstanding leadership in sustainability in the financial services sector has earned the bank recognition by USA Today as among America’s Climate Leaders 2024.

As part of its 2024 Big Bank Theory Awards, Tearsheet has named Newline™ by Fifth Third its Best New Embedded Finance Platform winner. The Big Bank Theory Awards by Tearsheet are the organization’s premier awards program recognizing and celebrating innovation in banking and embedded finance.

A new bipartisan task force is tackling one of America’s most pressing problems – the national housing crisis – and is seeking to elevate the most innovative solutions from across the country to produce and preserve housing across all income levels in every part of the country.

As students head back to school this fall to learn reading, writing and arithmetic, Fifth Third is expanding access to its award-winning Fifth Third Bank Finance Academy® financial literacy educational program.

Fifth Third Wealth Advisors®, a multi-custodial registered investment advisory firm, today announced surpassing $2B in assets under management (AUM) less than six months after announcing it had reached the $1B AUM mark.

Fifth Third Bank is pleased to announce a collaborative agreement between Newline™ by Fifth Third, a leading embedded payments platform, and Trustly, the global leader in Open Banking Payments.

Fifth Third proudly helps veterinarians achieve their practice ownership dreams through Provide – and now the Bank is supporting pet owners directly in conjunction with National Dog Day.

For the past eight years, Fifth Third has brought together diverse-owned businesses and suppliers with representatives of some of the world’s largest corporations at its annual Supplier Diversity Summit, held each August at the bank’s corporate headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Fifth Third is proud to announce it has been named “U.S. Best Super-Regional Bank” by Euromoney in the magazine’s 2024 Awards for Excellence.

Fifth Third today announced the second cohort of its Empowering Community Leaders career development growth program, aimed at fostering the next generation of nonprofit leaders in the communities the Bank serves.

Fifth Third proudly announces that the George A. Schaefer, Jr. Madisonville Operations Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, has achieved the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR certification for outstanding energy performance.

Fifth Third has been recognized by DiversityComm Magazine as a 2024 Top Diverse Employer for its excellence in outreach and accessibility to minority groups, veterans, women, individuals with disabilities, and the LGBTQ+ community.

Fifth Third was named a Best Treasury and Cash Management Bank (US, Regional) by Global Finance magazine. The honors were announced by Global Finance as part of its 24th annual Best Treasury and Cash Management Banks awards for 2024.

In pursuit of its goal to be the one bank people most value and trust, Fifth Third surpassed its commitments to the communities it serves and to the environment last year, according to its recently-published 2023 Sustainability Report.

Fifth Third Bank today announced the opening of its Dallas-based Fifth Third Wealth Advisors office. The office is the eighth location for the Bank’s independent Registered Investment Advisor.

Fifth Third (NASDAQFITB) and Bottomline announced the launch of Enhanced Payables powered by Bottomline and its business payments network, Paymode-X. The solution combines the capabilities of Bottomline’s industry-leading business payments technology with Fifth Third’s extensive banking services to provide customers with a comprehensive suite of payment options.

Fifth Third Bank is proud to announce it has been named to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption list of 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces. This recognition highlights employers that are leading the way in providing adoption and foster care benefits and recognizing the need for this life-changing support.

Fifth Third recognizes the burden that the cost of education can put on parents – whether it is a college program, vocational or trade school – and has once again provided a savings boost for future education. 115 babies in Northeast Ohio and Tampa Bay who were born on “Fifth Third Day” (5/3 on the calendar) received a gift of $1,053 to be put toward a 529 savings account.

As part of its commitment to combat climate change and in celebration of Earth Day 2024, Fifth Third Bank today announced it has joined Mastercard’s Priceless Planet Coalition, an effort to restore 100 million trees across the globe by 2025. By signing onto the coalition, Fifth Third will do its part and help to restore 10,000 trees.

Fifth Third (NASDAQFITB) today announced the launch of Empowering American Cities, the outcome of a collaborative relationship with the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Empowering American Cities delivers relevant, local economic information tailored for business leaders looking to grow their operations.

In less than 18 months since announcing its launch, Fifth Third Bank’s independent Registered Investment Advisor, Fifth Third Wealth Advisors, has exceeded $1 billion in assets under management (AUM).

J.D. Power today named Fifth Third Bank No. 1 for Retail Banking Customer Satisfaction in Florida as part of its 2024 U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction StudySM. The Study also noted that customers rated Fifth Third No. 1 in 4 of 7 categories: trust, staff, account offerings and value.

Fifth Third is proud to announce it has been named to the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies® list by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.

For a second consecutive year, Fifth Third was named to the JUST 100 list, part of JUST Capital and CNBC’s 2024 Rankings of America’s Most JUST Companies.

Fifth Third is proud to announce it has been named to Fortune’s 2024 list of the World’s Most Admired CompaniesTM. This accolade is based on feedback from executives, directors, and analysts who rate enterprises in their own industry.

For two weeks in November, Fifth Third Bank employees showed their love for their local small businesses by entering them in a sweepstakes to win a $53,000 grant – to be used as needed by the business. The Bank is pleased to announce the winners: Rey’s Remodeling in Indianapolis, Delight Nails & Spa in Orlando and RODI Italian in Loveland, Ohio.

Small businesses across Fifth Third’s footprint are going to feel the love leading up to and during the Thanksgiving shopping weekend. Until Nov. 27, Fifth Third employees have the chance to enter their favorite local small business in a sweepstakes to win one of three $53,000 grants. Fifth Third wants to help these businesses thrive and drive sustainable economic growth for their local community.

When Fifth Third launched its mobile app virtual assistant Jeanie in May of 2020 she had the ability to understand 35 different customer intents – what they are asking for – and was trained on 3,000 customer phrases. Now those numbers are 156 and 30,000.

Fifth Third congratulates the 25 community leaders who have completed the Bank’s 18-month Empowering Community Leaders career development growth program. A Harvard Kennedy School Executive Leadership Certification Ceremony was held at Fifth Third Center in Cincinnati on August 28.