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poorbill t1_j0e7osz wrote

He was probably just mad about the bank's name. Why not just 15th Bank?

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Avery_Thorn t1_j0gd68f wrote

This bank does business in my area, and I was curious as to the odd name.

Turns out the current corporation was formed when two smaller banks merged, in order to have a better shot at making it. During this time period, banks were normally named things like “First National Bank or Podunk”. The larger bank was the 5th national bank, and the smaller bank was the 3rd National Bank. When they combined, they took both names and because the 5th / 3rd National Bank.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Third_Bank

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poorbill t1_j0h05dp wrote

I figured it was something like that, but wasn't sure. I still think it's kind of funny though.

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