Renasant Recognized as a National Top 20 Small Business Lending Bank

TUPELO, Miss., June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Renasant (Nasdaq: RNST) was recently recognized on Entrepreneur Magazine's website, Entrepreneur.com, as one of the top 20 nationwide small business loan leaders.  The rankings were based on the Small Business Association's most current study on small-business lending activities, Small Business and Micro Business Lending in the United States.  Small business loans are defined as business loans of less than $1 million, while micro business loans are defined as business loans of less than $100,000.

"One of our major focuses at Renasant has always been serving and lending to the small business owner entrepreneur and his or her family and employees," said Renasant Chairman and CEO, E. Robinson McGraw.  "We're proud to be recognized as a top 20 small business bank in the nation and our commitment to working with small business owners will continue to be a top priority for Renasant."

The report from Entrepreneur.com/bestbanks:

At some point in your entrepreneurial life, chances are you're going to need to acquire a loan in order to get your business off the ground or keep it going strong. And if that point is now, when so many banks are clamping down on credit, the task may seem near insurmountable. The good news is, while they may be fewer and farther between, there are still banks out there that believe in entrepreneurs like you-and you'll find them here in our rankings of the best small business banks.

Top 20 Nationwide Small Business Loans Lenders

Bank	Location	No. of Loans	$ Value of Loans (1,000)
American Express Bank FSB	Salt Lake City, UT	2,578,159	$11,030,000
Pitney Bowes Bank	Salt Lake City, UT	1,194,240	$427,025
Capital One Bank USA NA	Glen Allen, VA	1,118,119	$3,268,239
Advanta Bank Corp .	Draper, UT	178,483	$755,423
BB&T Financial FSB	Columbus, GA	170,246	$399,615
Wright Express Financial Services Corp.	Salt Lake City, UT	165,552	$1,198,980
Discover Bank	Greenwood, DE	131,041	$415,942
Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA	Ogden, UT	98,578	$2,489,000
Eaton National Bank & Trust Co.	Eaton, OH	45,923	$56,318
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company	Raleigh, NC	32,953	$2,622,570
Sweet Water State Bank	Sweet Water, AL	28,512	$28,542
Innovative Bank	Oakland, CA	19,985	$112,062
First National Bank	Greenville, PA	17,851	$1,567,606
Transportation Alliance Bank	Ogden, UT	14,315	$254,549
People's United Bank	Bridgeport, CT	14,054	$2,212,083
VisionBank	Topeka, KS	9,523	$30,988
Tennessee Commerce Bank	Franklin, TN	6,535	$458,459
Renasant Bank	Tupelo, MS	5,948	$1,014,619
Hanmi Bank	Los Angeles, CA	5,557	$1,265,520
First Bank	Troy, NC	5,469	$486,275

ABOUT RENASANT CORPORATION:

Renasant Corporation is the parent of Renasant Bank and Renasant Insurance.  Renasant has assets of approximately $3.6 billion and operates over 65 banking, mortgage, insurance and financial services offices in Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama.

Contacts	For Media:	For Financials:
	John Oxford	Stuart Johnson
	Vice President	Senior Executive Vice President
	Director of External Affairs	Chief Financial Officer
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SOURCE Renasant Corporation

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