Pinnacle is One of America's Top 10 Banks to Work For

Firm earned the No. 9 spot on list from American Banker

Pinnacle Financial Partners is one to the 10 best banks to work for in the nation and No. 1 among banks with more than $11 billion in assets. The latest list of Best Banks to Work For from American Banker magazine ranks Pinnacle No. 9 among 90, with no other banks of similar asset size appearing on the list. This is the firm’s ninth consecutive appearance.

“We promise our associates a great place to work and our clients a great place to do business. They go hand in hand, and we’re delivering on a scale no one else can,” said Terry Turner, Pinnacle’s president and CEO. “If you look through this list of nearly 100 banks, you’ll see a lot of strong community institutions. What you won’t find are any of Pinnacle’s peers or major competitors. Not one bank on this list is anywhere near our asset size, proving that our firm offers something no one else can. We can meet nearly any need a client could have, but we also cultivate a tight-knit culture where associates feel like family. That combination of a community bank environment with the resources of a much larger institution is unique to Pinnacle.”

In previous years, Pinnacle has ranked No. 1 for its category (in 2013), No. 2 overall (in 2014), No. 3 (in 2015) and No. 6 (in 2016 and 2017) on this list. In 2018 and 2019, the firm ranked in the top 20, and in 2020 Pinnacle earned the No. 8 spot.

To be eligible for the Best Banks to Work For list, firms must have at least 50 employees working in the United States and be commercial or retail bank, thrift, mutual association, mutual savings bank, savings and loan association, savings bank or diversified financial services company.

Selection is a two-step process. First, participating banks are evaluated on their workplace practices and policies. Second, employees are surveyed to assess their experiences in and attitudes about the workplace. Combined scores determine the final ranking.

Best Companies Group manages the overall registration and survey process, as well as analyzing the data and determining final ranking. To learn more about the process and Best Banks to Work For program, visit BestBankstoWorkFor.com.

Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The firm is the No. 1 bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2021 deposit data from the FDIC. Pinnacle earned a spot on the 2021 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For^® in the U.S., its fifth consecutive appearance. American Banker recognized Pinnacle as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For nine years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $11 billion in assets in 2021.

Pinnacle owns a 49 percent interest in Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG), which provides innovative, hassle-free financial solutions to healthcare practitioners and other licensed professionals. Great Place to Work and FORTUNE ranked BHG No. 1 on its 2020 list of Best Workplaces in New York State in the small/medium business category.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN, in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $36.5 billion in assets as of Sept. 30, 2021. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in 14 primarily urban markets across the Southeast.

Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.