HoldCo Asset Management is unhappy with Comerica’s pending acquisition by Fifth Third Bancorp. The activist investor had pushed for the nearly $11 billion deal, but now says the sale was “flawed” and that Comerica had not allowed for an independent, competitive process, according to a report issued by HoldCo...
Fifth Third Bancorp executives highlighted their proactive management and the bank’s ability to navigate uncertain environments during a conference call Thursday (April 17) discussing first-quarter earnings. They said these qualities are especially relevant at times like the present, when potential tariffs could lead to any...
It’s a new year, and that means it’s a new quarter. One that could signal a new era of digital transformation for B2B payments. Across earnings calls and investor discussions, executives from major players in financial services and FinTech consistently pointed to a rising appetite...
Fifth Third Bancorp continues to see positive results from its commercial payments operation. The Ohio-based lender reported third-quarter earnings Friday (Oct. 18) showing revenues from that business up 10% year over year, with embedded payments solution Newline “adding industry leaders to its customer base,” as...
February 02, 2026
The merger between Fifth Third Bancorp and Comerica Incorporated closed Monday (Feb. 2), forging an institution with roughly $294 billion in assets and signaling a reshaping how regional banks compete across mobile banking, commercial payments and middle-market services. The transaction establishes the ninth-largest U.S. bank by assets and links Fifth Third’s consumer digital platform with […]
November 17, 2025
HoldCo Asset Management is unhappy with Comerica’s pending acquisition by Fifth Third Bancorp. The activist investor had pushed for the nearly $11 billion deal, but now says the sale was “flawed” and that Comerica had not allowed for an independent, competitive process, according to a report issued by HoldCo Monday (Nov. 17). “It appears that Comerica steered the sale […]
April 17, 2025
Fifth Third Bancorp executives highlighted their proactive management and the bank’s ability to navigate uncertain environments during a conference call Thursday (April 17) discussing first-quarter earnings. They said these qualities...
October 18, 2024
Fifth Third Bancorp continues to see positive results from its commercial payments operation. The Ohio-based lender reported third-quarter earnings Friday (Oct. 18) showing revenues from that business up 10% year...
April 20, 2023
Several regional banks ended the first quarter with stable deposits. Their reports of flat deposits came after a quarter in which the collapses of three banks led investors to closely...