Fifth Third to Buy Comerica in Year’s Biggest US Bank Deal (1)

Oct. 6, 2025, 2:13 PM UTC

Fifth Third Bancorp agreed to buy Comerica Inc. for about $10.9 billion in stock, the largest US bank deal this year and a sign that the logjam blocking big mergers in the industry may have broken under the Trump administration’s deregulation efforts.

The deal will create the ninth-largest bank in the country, with about $288 billion in assets, the two companies said in a statement Monday. The per-share transaction value represents a 17% premium to Comerica’s closing share price Friday.

Regional lenders across the US are looking to take advantage of the new environment under President Donald Trump, who’s ...

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