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A bank’s connection to the community is one of the strongest links it can forge. Regardless of how big a bank may be, it is the communities they serve that determine its success. The businesses and people that make up the neighborhoods surrounding each Fifth Third banking center is the foundation that fuels the growth of that center. The bank then in turn supports that community with financial and human services that creates a stable prosperous core for people who live there. Whether it is small business loans, mortgages or checking products, everyone uses the bank to reach for better tomorrow’s. Banks and communities count on each other. We are all in this together....

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» MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

By David Girodat | Published 06/10/2009 | Fifth Third Community Connection | Unrated

Last week the Fifth Third Chief Investment Strategist John Agutine was in Detroit for a number of public and private events. John’s message, while cautionary, was that we have lived through a 50- year extreme in our
economy and an 80-year extreme in the stock market and there are signs that we are getting up off of the floor...

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» Fifth Third Bank - A message from the president

By David Girodat | Published 01/13/2009 | Fifth Third Community Connection | Unrated

Happy New Year! Each year at this time I look out for the next 12 months and try to set some goals for those things I want to accomplish.

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» U.S. Treasury's capital purchase program boosts confidence, credit

By David Girodat | Published 12/10/2008 | Fifth Third Community Connection | Unrated

Many banks are getting a boost through the U.S. Treasury's Capital Purchase Plan (CPP), in which the U.S. Treasury is investing $250 billion in banks that are approved by their primary regulators and the U.S. Treasury to participate. In addition to helping banks, the American consumer also will realize a significant benefit from the program.

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» Message from the President

By David Girodat | Published 11/11/2008 | Fifth Third Community Connection | Unrated

At Fifth Third Bank we historically celebrate the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas as the Season of Giving. For 2008 we are renaming this tradition the Season of Caring. Caring because there is so much more that we do around our year-end holidays besides simply giving and donating. In fact, in these difficult financial times we are often stretched as individuals to give as much as we may have in the past. But that is where our caring takes over.

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» Message from the President

By David Girodat | Published 09/10/2008 | Fifth Third Community Connection | Unrated

One of the ties that bind us as a society is our network of churches.

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» Message from the President

By David Girodat | Published 08/13/2008 | Fifth Third Community Connection | Unrated

Healthcare is one of the most dynamic sectors of our economy. Along with energy, healthcare will sit on top of the national agenda, regardless of who assumes the presidency in 2009, for many years to come.

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» Message from the President

By David Girodat | Published 07/9/2008 | Fifth Third Community Connection | Unrated

The theme of this month’s Fifth Third Community Connection is, “Options and Opportunities.”

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» Message from the President

By David Girodat | Published 06/11/2008 | Fifth Third Community Connection | Unrated

As difficult as the business and political environment is today, think back 150 years to the origins of Fifth Third Bank and you would be facing an impending Civil War. Makes today seem almost tame by comparison. It’s the lesson that hindsight provides us.

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