Fifth Third Plans to Consolidate or Sell 100 Branches

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Fifth Third Bancorp, Ohio’s largest lender, will consolidate or sell 100 branches and 30 other properties and take an impairment charge of as much as $85 million in the second quarter.

The decision came after a regular review of “customer preferences and usage patterns,” the Cincinnati-based bank said Monday in a statementBloomberg Terminal.