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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30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As previously mentioned, on September 30, 2025, the Bancorp redeemed all outstanding shares of its preferred stock, Series L, resulting in a $4 million reduction to net income available to common shareholders, which was recognized as incremental dividends on preferred stock in the Bancorp’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. 

Net interest income on an FTE basis (non-GAAP) was $1.5 billion and $4.5 billion for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, increasing $98 million and $258 million compared to the same periods in the prior year. Net interest income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 was positively impacted by lower rates paid on and average balances of interest-bearing liabilities, higher average balances of loans and leases and increases in yields on average consumer loans and leases. These positive impacts were partially offset by decreases in the average balances of and yields on other short-term investments as well as lower yields on average commercial loans and leases. Net interest margin on an FTE basis (non-GAAP) was 3.13% and 3.10% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, compared to 2.90% and 2.88% for the same periods in the prior year.

The provision for credit losses was $197 million and $544 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, compared to $160 million and $351 million during the same periods in the prior year. Provision expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 increased primarily driven by the impairment of an asset-backed finance commercial loan which included a charge-off of 

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$178 million and a specific allowance of $20 million. The increase in provision expense for the three months ended September 30, 2025 was partially offset by factors that reduced the ACL from June 30, 2025, including improvement in the economic forecast used to calculate the ACL and impacts of changes in loan portfolio mix. The increase in provision expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was partially offset by factors that reduced the ACL from December 31, 2024, including impacts of changes in loan portfolio mix, as the improvement in the economic forecast used in the third