Investors worry the drop in crude prices could spark a rash of defaults; the bank denies it opened accounts without customer permission to meet sales quotas.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the Cincinnati bank engaged in aggressive sales practices and open bank and credit card accounts without consumers' authorization in order to meet sales targets.

One year after he led the sale of MB Financial to Fifth Third, Mitch Feiger will hand off his duties to his longtime lieutenant, Mark Hoppe, and join Fifth Third's board.

The bank’s disclosure of an impending enforcement action shows that the CFPB continues to crack down on aggressive practices that got Wells Fargo in hot water.

Under the partnership with Fundation, Fifth Third will offer loans and credit lines up to $100,000 that can be funded in as little as a day.

The tight labor market and public pressure to raise minimum wages are expected to nudge noninterest expenses upward in a year when the watchword is cost control.

TD’s brand will appear on 80 Cardtronics machines in the New York area, while Fifth Third’s will appear on 139 ATMs in the Carolinas.

While most banks are shrinking their branch networks, the Cincinnati bank is approaching the day where its branch expansion in the Southeast will more than offset closings in its legacy markets, its CEO says.

Eric Smith and Michael Morton have been brought on as vice chairs to help build out the Chicago bank's commercial lending arm.

The payments company has loaned $5.5 billion to 275,000 small businesses, thanks to a data-driven process free from human interaction.

The online lender said it applied insights from its partnership with Fifth Third Bancorp in developing a new digital platform it’s marketing to other large financial services companies.

Amid concern that an economic downturn is approaching, Greg Carmichael said that banks need to focus on credit quality and not worry about expanding their balance sheets.

Jelena McWilliams knows the value of the FDIC’s role in a way most other Americans do not. Now she's in charge as it grapples with difficult questions and sets out to reshape the industry.

"You can get a lot done if you don't care who gets the credit," Stevens is fond of saying. Judging by the pace of innovation at the $169 billion-asset Fifth Third, that team-first message is clearly resonating.

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The Cincinnati bank applied in May to convert its Ohio state charter amid an expansion into Texas and Colorado and the completion of its merger with MB Financial.

It hasn't stimulated loan demand in ways banks hoped it might, and some CEOs fear future rate cuts might cause companies to hunker down.

The Cincinnati bank recently expanded its renewable energy banking business to include investment banking services. Its ambitious goals demonstrate the sector’s growing appeal to regional and community banks.

Readers react to the Fed's lengthy plan for a real-time payments system and Fifth Third's minimum wage increase, jab at Sen. Warren's absence on the Senate Banking Committee and more.

The Cincinnati regional bank says it will spend an extra $15 million a year to offer more competitive pay that it hopes will attract talented front-line employees.