Editing Fifth Third Bank (section)

===Merger of Third National Bank and Fifth National Bank (1908)===
On June 1, 1908, Third National Bank and Fifth National Bank merged to become the Fifth{{En dash}}Third National Bank of Cincinnati; the hyphen was later dropped. The merger took place when [[prohibition]]ist ideas were gaining popularity, and it is a legend that "Fifth Third" was better than "Third Fifth", which could have been construed as a reference to three [[Fifth (unit)|fifths]] of alcohol.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cbonds.com/company/74763/ | title=Organization: Fifth Third Bank | work=Cbonds | access-date=May 1, 2024}}</ref> The name went through several changes{{Em dash}}the most recent being Fifth Third Union Trust Company<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Opinion/2002/04/02/That-funny-name-for-a-bank-has-grown-on-us.html | title=That funny name for a bank has grown on us | first=Homer | last=Brickey | work=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]] | date=April 2, 2002}}</ref>{{Em dash}}until March 24, 1969, when it was changed to Fifth Third Bank.