Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000035527-25-000212
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Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 7
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 on average consumer loans due to fixed-rate asset repricing. For more information on the Bancorp’s loan and lease portfolio, refer to the Loans and Leases subsection of the Balance Sheet Analysis section of MD&A. Interest income on an FTE basis (non-GAAP) from other short-term investments decreased $132 million and $406 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 primarily due to decreases in the average balances of other short-term investments coupled with lower yields on those balances associated with lower market rates. 

Interest expense on average core deposits decreased $197 million and $548 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to decreases in the cost of average interest-bearing core deposits to 238 bps for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 from 297 bps and 295 bps for the three and nine months ended 

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September 30, 2024, respectively. Refer to the Deposits subsection of the Balance Sheet Analysis section of MD&A for additional information on the Bancorp’s deposits.

Interest expense on average wholesale funding decreased $52 million and $175 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 primarily due to decreases in the rates paid on average wholesale funding and decreases in the average balances of CDs over $250,000 and long-term debt, partially offset by increases in the average balances of FHLB advances. Refer to the Borrowings subsection of the Balance Sheet Analysis section of MD&A for additional information on the Bancorp’s borrowings. During both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, average wholesale funding represented 15% of average interest-bearing liabilities compared to 16% for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. For more information on the Bancorp’s interest rate risk management, including estimated earnings sensitivity to changes in market interest rates, refer to the Interest Rate and Price Risk Management subsection of the Risk Management section of MD&A.

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TABLE 5:  Condensed Consolidated Average Balance