What is Fifth Third Bank Routing Number?

If you are a customer of Fifth Third Bank, you need a Fifth Third Bank Routing Number. And why do you need it? So that you can make any transaction (online or offline), you need a routing number. Banks use these routing numbers to identify the financial institution behind a transaction. The routing number’s initial purpose was to help in sorting, bundling and shipping of paper checks. But new transfer methods were incorporated later to widen routing number system’s applications. In this article, you will find answers to the questions like how to find the Fifth Third Bank routing number or what is the routing number for Fifth Third Bank?

The table given below shows all Fifth Third Bank Routing Numbers.

Fifth Third Bank ABA Routing Transit Numbers (RTN)

Here is the state wise list of Fifth Third Bank Routing Number for Checking Account and Savings Account.

S No.	Region/State	Postal Abbreviation	Routing Number
1	Central Florida	FL	063109935
2	North Florida	FL	063113057
3	South Florida	FL	067091719
4	Tampa, Florida	FL	063103915
5	Georgia	GA	263190812
6	Chicago	IL	071923909
7	Central Indiana	IN	074908594
8	Southern Indiana	IN	086300041
9	Central Kentucky	KY	042101190
10	Northern Kentucky	KY	042100230
11	Southwestern Kentucky	KY	083002342
12	Eastern Michigan	MI	072405455
13	Northern Michigan	MI	072401404
14	Western Michigan	MI	072400052
15	Missouri	MO	081019104
16	North Carolina	NC	053100737
17	Cincinnati, Ohio	OH	042000314
18	Columbus, Ohio	OH	044002161
19	Northeastern Ohio	OH	041002711
20	Northwestern Ohio	OH	041200050
21	Southern Ohio	OH	042207735
22	Western Ohio	OH	042202196
23	Western Pennsylvania	PA	043018868
24	Tennessee	TN	064103833

What is an ABA Routing Number?

Your ABA Routing Number has nine-digits. It is found at the bottom left corner of your check. As a banker, you can use a routing number to identify the financial institution behind a transaction. All transaction done through ACH and wire use the routing number system. The Federal Reserve Bank depends on ABA routing number system to process Fedwire fund transfers. The Automated Clearing House also uses routing number system to process bill payments, direct deposits and other transfers.

The ABA routing number, as we know, came into being in 1910.  The American Bankers Association was behind its designing and implementation. The Association then tied up with several registrars over the years to manage this system. Currently, Accuity manages the routing number system and assigns them to financial institutions.

There are currently 26,895 active routing numbers in use. According to Routing Number Policy, a financial institution can have only 5 routing numbers. But as there are a number of mergers taking place between different banks, a financial institution can have more than 5 routing numbers. Routing Numbers may differ depending on where you opened your account. It also depends on the type of transaction you make.

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What’s the Fifth Third Bank SWIFT Code?

Fifth Third Bank employs SWIFT Code to make all its international transaction. Every bank and financial institution needs SWIFT code to make international transactions.

The SWIFT Code for Fifth Third Bank is: FTBCUS3C

What is a SWIFT Code?

Like Routing Numbers, people use the unique Swift Codes to identify a financial institution. Banks use Swift Codes mainly for international transactions. Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) designed the Swift Code system. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) later approved the system. At the beginning, everyone knew the system as Swift Code, but it was standardized as BIC or Business Identifier Codes. Both the terms are used today and they mean exactly the same. Sometimes people refer to the code system as Business Entity Identifier or BEI also.

Usually, web banking applications require swift codes for money transfers between two different banks. These banking apps not only ask people to provide the beneficiary’s bank account number, but to also provide the correct swift code of the beneficiary’s bank branch.

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Things To Know About Fifth Third Bank

Fifth Third Bank’s corporate history began on June 17, 1858 when Bank of Ohio opened in Cincinnati. The bank got its unusual name after a merger of Third National bank and Fifth National Bank in June 1, 1908. Thus, Fifth-Third national Bank of Cincinnati was born (the hyphen was later dropped). This name underwent a lot of changes over the years until March 24, 1969, when the bank was finally named Fifth Third Bank. Chase Bank is currently the largest bank in the US. However, you need JPMorgan Chase Routing Number for various monetary transactions.

Fifth Third bank acquired Enterprise Federal Bancorp Inc. in 1999. This was one of the biggest thrifts in the Cincinnati area. This acquisition, estimated at $96.4 million, added 11 branches to Fifth Third in greater Cincinnati. Fifth Third announced plans to acquire nine branch locations in Atlanta, GA, from First Horizon National Corporation on September 25, 2007. But First Horizon canceled the sale on February 7, 2008, as the sale price suddenly turned unacceptable for FHN. Then, on March 28, 2008 news reports suggested the reinstatement of the sale.

Fifth Third is among the largest corporate offices working in Cincinnati today. The address of its headquarter is:

Fifth Third Center, 38 Fountain Square Plaza, Cincinnati, OH 45263