{
  "id": 6299658,
  "title": "Fifth Third Completes Comerica Integration to Become 9th Largest US Bank",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/fifth-third-completes-comerica-integration-to-become-9th-largest-us",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-08T16:36:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/news/banking/2026/fifth-third-completes-comerica-integration-become-9th-largest-united-states-bank/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Fifth Third Bancorp successfully completed the integration of the Comerica franchise over the Labor Day weekend, according to a press release on Tuesday, September 8th. This merger, which followed their February 1st, 2020, acquisition, brought over 600,000 customer accounts and 293 banking centers in Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, and Texas under the Fifth Third brand, the release stated. With the completion of this transition, Fifth Third is now the ninth-largest bank in the United States, boasting more than $300 billion in assets, 1,500 branches, and 21,300 ATMs, reaching more than half of the U.S. population, the release noted. Fifth Third Chairman, CEO, and President Tim Spence expressed his satisfaction with the disciplined conversion, stating, \"Now that we’re on one platform, we can bring the full strength of the combined company to every client, in every market we serve.\" The merger, announced in October 2020, combined Comerica's middle-market franchise and complementary footprint with Fifth Third's existing services, reshaping regional bank competition in mobile banking, commercial payments, and middle-market services. Fifth Third expects to operate around 1,750 branches by 2030, positioning itself to build on its Midwest market leadership while investing in high-growth markets across Texas, the Southeast, Arizona, and California.",
  "summary": "Fifth Third Bancorp completed the technical and brand conversion of the Comerica franchise over the Labor Day weekend, the bank said in a Tuesday (Sept. 8) press release. The conversion, which followed the Feb. 1 merger of Fifth Third and Comerica, brought Comerica consumer and commercial customers onto Fifth Third’s platforms and brought the two […] The post Fifth Third Completes Comerica…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}