Fifth Third Bank Ad in The Columbus Dispatch, Top CD Rate in Ohio

Fifth Third Bank continues to advertise aggressively with high interest rate CDs.  The bank ran an ad in the Sunday Nov. 9th, 2008 Columbus Dispatch in which Fifth Third Bank is offering a 13 month CD at 4.05% and a 24 month CD at 4.25%.  These two offers place are the highest interest rate CDs in Ohio at this time.  There is a $5,000.00 minimum deposit to open the accounts.  Fifth Third Bank can be reached at 877-579-5353 or contacted via their website at www.53.com or through one of the many branch locations throughout Ohio.  These rates are available on the Fifth Third Bank website are not limited to the Ohio area.  Fifth Third Bank has been aggressively promoting their certificates of deposit for quite sometime.  A similar advertisement can also be found in the Sunday Nov. 9th, 2008 Chicago Tribune.  The 24 month CD at 4.25% interest rate is in this ad along with 3.75% 6 month term CD rate.  However, in the Sunday Charlotte Observer, the interest rate on the 13 month CD is offered at a 4.00% interest rate.  If a user plugs in a Charlotte, North Carolina zip code on the rate search feature on the Fifth Third website the corresponding rate of 4.00% is retrieved, matching the newspaper advertisement for that area.  The 4.00% CD for a 13 month term nonetheless makes that offer a top 10 CD rate in North Carolina.  Fifth Third Bank has 1291 locations through its affiliates with offices in the following states; Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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