Fifth Third Bancorp: Diversification Aids Resilience Amid Tariff-Driven Uncertainty

Fifth Third Bancorp executives highlighted their proactive management and the bank’s ability to navigate uncertain environments during a conference call Thursday (April 17) discussing first-quarter earnings.They said these qualities are especially relevant at times like the present, when potential tariffs could lead to any number of different scenarios through the remainder of the year.“[We] cannot predict what the final tariff policies will look like, much less what the second-order effects on economic act ...