Twenty-eight banks with assets between $3 billion and $10 billion earned a spot on American Banker's 2025 Best Banks to Work For list. Overall, this year's ranking includes 90 banks.
The list of banks in this size range spans from coast to coast and up to Alaska, and includes several lenders that have recently announced or completed acquisitions.
The latter group includes Hyannis, Massachusetts-based Mutual Bancorp, which intends to close its acquisition of Bluestone Bank in Raynham, Massachusetts, next year, as well as Capital Bank in Rockville, Maryland, which completed its $66 million purchase of Raleigh, North Carolina-based Integrated Financial Holdings about a year ago.
See below for the complete list, in descending order, of 2025 Best Banks honorees with assets between $3 billion and $10 billion. For more Best Banks coverage, visit
Note: Total assets for each bank are from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as of June 30, 2025. Employee headcounts were provided by individual banks when they applied to the program.
28: American Savings Bank
Honolulu, Hawaii
Assets: $8.8 billion
President and CEO: Ann Teranishi
No. of U.S. employees: 978
27: Capital Bank
Rockville, Maryland
Assets: $3.327 billion
CEO: Ed Barry
No. of U.S. employees: 429
26: Civista Bank
Sandusky, Ohio
Assets: $4.2 billion
CEO: Dennis Shaffer
No. of U.S. employees: 531
25: HomeTrust Bank
Asheville, North Carolina
Assets: $4.6 billion
President and CEO: Hunter Westbrook
No. of U.S. employees: 558
24: Stock Yards Bank & Trust
Louisville, Kentucky
Assets: $9.2 billion
CEO: Ja Hillebrand
No. of U.S. employees: 1,134
23: First National Bank Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska
Assets: $4.9 billion
Chair, president and CEO: Betsy Lawer
No. of U.S. employees: 618
22: First PREMIER Bank
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Assets: $3.1 billion
CEO: Dana Dykhouse
No. of U.S. employees: 390
21: Mutual Bancorp (parent company of Cape Cod 5 and Fidelity Bank)
Hyannis, Massachusetts
Assets: $7.2 billion
Chair and CEO: Matthew Burke
No. of U.S. employees: 709
20: The Washington Trust Company
Westerly, Rhode Island
Assets: $6.7 billion
Chair and CEO: Edward Handy III
No. of U.S. employees: 634
19: 1st Security Bank
Mountlake Terrace, Washington
Assets: $3.2 billion
CEO: Joe Adams
No. of U.S. employees: 568
18: Peoples Bank
Marietta, Ohio
Assets: $9.2 billion
CEO: Tyler Wilcox
No. of U.S. employees: 1,311
17: Home Bank
Lafayette, Louisiana
Assets: $3.5 billion
President and CEO: John Bordelon
No. of U.S. employees: 485
16: Dacotah Bank
Aberdeen, South Dakota
Assets: $4.6 billion
Chair and CEO: Robert Fouberg
No. of U.S. employees: 601
15: b1BANK
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Assets: $7.9 billion
Chair and CEO: David "Jude" Melville
No. of U.S. employees: 852
14: Red River Bank
Alexandria, Louisiana
Assets: $3.2 billion
President and CEO: Blake Chatelain
No. of U.S. employees: 380
13: Peapack Private Bank & Trust
Bedminster, New Jersey
Assets: $7.2 billion
President and CEO: Douglas Kennedy
No. of U.S. employees: 672
12: Texas Bank and Trust
Longview, Texas
Assets: $4.3 billion
Chair and CEO: Rogers Pope Jr.
No. of U.S. employees: 521
11: Community Bank
Flowood, Mississippi
Assets: $4.8 billion
President and CEO: Justin Martin
No. of U.S. employees: 835
10: BankPlus
Ridgeland, Mississippi
Assets: $7.8 billion
President and CEO: Jack Webb
No. of U.S. employees: 1,078
9: Colony Bank
Albany, Georgia
Assets: $3.1 billion
CEO: Heath Fountain
No. of U.S. employees: 474
8: Capital City Bank
Tallahassee, Florida
Assets: $4.4 billion
CEO: William Smith Jr.
No. of U.S. employees: 956
7: Vantage Bank
San Antonio, Texas
Assets: $4.7 billion
President and CEO: Jeff Sinnott
No. of U.S. employees: 496
6: MVB Bank
Bridgeport, West Virginia
Assets: $3.2 billion
CEO: Larry Mazza
No. of U.S. employees: 407
5: Commercial Bank of California
Irvine, California
Assets: $3.7 billion
Chair, president and CEO: Ash Patel
No. of U.S. employees: 307
4: Manasquan Bank
Wall Township, New Jersey
Assets: $3.3 billion
Chair, president and CEO: James Vaccaro
No. of U.S. employees: 260
3: Southside Bank
Tyler, Texas
Assets: $8.3 billion
CEO: Lee Gibson
No. of U.S. employees: 810
2: Origin Bank
Ruston, Louisiana
Assets: $9.6 billion
Chair, president and CEO: Drake Mills
No. of U.S. employees: 845
1: Centier Bank
Merrillville, Indiana
Assets: $9.8 billion
CEO: Michael Schrage
No. of U.S. employees: 1,107
