Fifth Third announces buyback authorization for up to 100M shares of stock

Fifth Third (FITB) Bancorp announced that its Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase authorization of up to 100 million shares, which replaces the previous authorization from 2019 under which 11.8 million shares remain. The new repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date, does not include specific price targets, may be executed through open market purchases or one or more private negotiated transactions, including Rule 10b5-1 programs, and may be suspended at any time.