Pinnacle Wins National Best Brand Awards in Small Business Banking

Greenwich Associates honors firm for ease of doing business and trust

Financial services research firm Greenwich Associates named Pinnacle Financial Partners a 2014 Greenwich Best Brand Award winner for small business banking based on trust and ease of doing business.

In its first year of the “Best Brands” program, Greenwich Associates evaluated more than 750 banks by conducting nearly 13,000 interviews with businesses across the country with sales of $1 million to $10 million. Only 20 were found to have a distinctive brand.

The awards for Best Brand – Ease of Doing Business and Best Brand – Trust, which signifies the confidence clients have in their bank, are based on customer “excellent” ratings.

“We know from our own surveys that small business owners trust us and find it easy to work with Pinnacle, and it’s rewarding that external research shows the same results,” said Terry Turner, Pinnacle’s president and CEO. “Our clients appreciate that we are focused on meeting all of their financial needs, whether for business or personal accounts.”

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 began operations in a single downtown Nashville location in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $5.9 billion in assets at Sept. 30, 2014. At Sept. 30, 2014, Pinnacle is the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, with 29 offices in eight Middle Tennessee counties and four offices in Knoxville. Additionally, Great Place to Work^® named Pinnacle one of the best workplaces in the United States on its 2014 Best Small & Medium Workplaces list published in FORTUNE magazine. The American Banker has recognized Pinnacle as the No. 2 best bank to work for in the country.

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

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