Curtis Granderson has proven to be a jewel in the Detroit Tigers rejuvenation as a competitive and playoff-worthy baseball team.

The 28-year-old centerfielder is the linchpin of the Tigers’ offense. Sure the complete road to the Major League Baseball Playoffs is a team collective, but Granderson as the team’s leadoff hitter is the table-setter.

So far this year, the team’s offense has been less than stellar, so if the Tigers are going to make the last third of the season a memorable one, men like Granderson will have to do some special things to elevate...

On Aug. 26, the Michigan Small Business Technical Development Center (MI-SBTDC), in partnership with the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) will be holding their Fiscal Fitness for the Growing Business at Fifth Third Bank at 1000 Town Center in Southfield.

The Fiscal Fitness program has been lauded by small business owners who participated in previous workshops as a vital tool to help them take their business to the next level. Topics for the workshop will include ways to improve your company’s cash flow, how to use your balance sheet and income statement...

By Mark Gates

A new trend in checking accounts is starting to take shape in what we are calling “package checking accounts” here at Fifth Third Bank. Based on extensive studies, we have packaged together products and services that will fit most customers’ needs for a total banking relationship in several product offerings. One of the more popular so far has been our Secure Checking package account.

In this package you get the same type of checking account you have experienced in the past whereby you can write checks and use your debit card to access your...

The question I am asked most often these days is, as you might guess, “Is Fifth Third lending money?” The answer is an emphatic yes.

Our bankers are out meeting with potential customers every day offering a full range of financial products, including loans. In the most recent reporting period Fifth Third Bank announced that it extended $6.1 billion in loans in the month of May.

We continue to make loans to qualified borrowers and have extended nearly $30 billion in loans so far this year. Here are some details of Fifth Third’s lending activity for the...

Fifth Third Bank Eastern Michigan participated in the American Heart Association’s 2009 Start! Heart Walk. With the commitment and dedication of Diane Jackson, team captain, and with ten individual team captains recruiting their coworkers, family and friends to become walkers in an effort to raise donated funds, Fifth Third Bank raised a total of $13,551 in six weeks. After contributing a $5000 sponsorship, the bank’s grand total donation in 2009 is $18,551. This far exceeded last year’s fundraising talley of $12,341, conducted in better economic conditions and over a...