Fifth Third Bancorp Unveils Additional Consolidation Plans
September 13 2016 - 10:20AM
Dow Jones News
Fifth Third Bancorp said it plans to consolidate or sell an
additional 44 branches and five parcels of undeveloped land early
next year.
The streamlining plan, which was unveiled at an industry
conference Tuesday, comes more than a year after Fifth Third
embarked on its previous reorganization program that included plans
to consolidate or sell about 100 of its branches and about 30 other
properties.
The Cincinnati-based lender and other regional banks have
remained under pressure from low interest rates and tougher capital
requirements, resulting in many of them cutting costs.
Since the financial crisis, U.S. banks have been ramping up
mobile and online services and moving away from physical locations
to avoid overlap, which has contributed to a steady decline in
branch numbers.
On Tuesday, Fifth Third said it also plans to control
discretionary spending and study the use of nonbranch locations as
a way to reduce unused office capacity.
Fifth Third expects the latest streamlining to result in asset
write-downs of $25 million to $30 million for the third quarter,
and branch-closing related charges of $4 million to $6 million for
the first quarter.
As of June 30, Fifth Third operated 1,191 full service branches,
including 94 Bank Mart locations in certain grocery stores.
Write to Tess Stynes at tess.stynes@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 13, 2016 10:05 ET (14:05 GMT)
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