Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) will raise its quarterly dividend by 8.3 percent from $0.12 to $0.13 per share in 2014. Fifth Third Bank was established in 1858 and has paid a dividend every year since 1975.
Fifth Third Bancorp, organized in 1975, is a bank holding company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the parent company of Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio-chartered bank. Fifth Third operates full-service banking centers and ATMs with Fifth Third branding in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina. Fifth Third operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending and Wealth & Asset Management.