@jsucool76 wrote:
@kroberts67 wrote:Congrats!
I'd never heard of this bank until yesterday; one of our customers made an online payment using this bank. My boss & I wondered why they don't just call themselves Fourth Bank and call it a day. Badumbump.
I actually read about this once
Apparently they were like, the fifth bank in the city where they started to be called the third bank....but yes...fourth bank sounds better, xD or just Fifth bank...or just...."Bank"
Congrats to you OP!
Uh. . .
Fifth Third's unusual name is the result of the June 1, 1908 merger of Third National Bank and Fifth National Bank, to become the Fifth Third National Bank of Cincinnati. While Third National was the senior partner, the merger took place during a period when prohibitionist ideas were gaining popularity, and it is legend that "Fifth Third" was better than "Third Fifth", which could have been construed as a reference to three "fifths" of alcohol The name went through several changes over the years until March 24, 1969, when it was changed to Fifth Third Bank.
My condolences to the bank receptionist who had to gracefully answer the phone "Fifth Third Bank" all those years! 