Articles from Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. and Synovus Financial Corp.

Pinnacle Financial Partners (Nasdaq/NGS: PNFP) and Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: SNV) have made another significant step toward bringing the two firms together into a Southeast growth champion. Synovus Chairman, CEO and President Kevin Blair and Pinnacle Founder and Chairman Rob McCabe have named banking leaders at the market level along with additional leaders for lending and deposit specialties. All these leaders will guide the integrated company’s high-growth geographic model, focusing on local decision-making and hiring.

Pinnacle Financial Partners (Nasdaq/NGS: PNFP) and Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: SNV) have named the combined company’s expected executive leadership team in the next step to bringing together two of the top-performing regional banks. The merger between Pinnacle and Synovus is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, at which time President and CEO Kevin Blair will be joined by an experienced team of leaders that draws from the best of both institutions.

Pinnacle Financial Partners (Nasdaq/NGS: PNFP) and Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: SNV) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction valued at $8.6 billion based on the unaffected closing prices of the two companies as of July 21, 2025. This transaction creates the highest-performing regional bank focused on the fastest-growth markets in the Southeast.