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Regulatory Matters
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Broker-Dealer, Net Capital Requirement, SEC Regulation [Abstract]  
Regulatory Matters
Note 10. Regulatory Matters

Pursuant to Tennessee banking law, Pinnacle Bank may not, without the prior consent of the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions (TDFI), pay any dividends to Pinnacle Financial in a calendar year in excess of the total of Pinnacle Bank's retained net income for that year plus the retained net income for the preceding two years. Under Tennessee corporate law, Pinnacle Financial is not permitted to pay dividends if, after giving effect to such payment, it would not be able to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of business or its total assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus any amounts needed to satisfy any preferential rights if it were dissolving. In addition, in deciding whether or not to declare a dividend of any particular size, Pinnacle Financial's board of directors must consider its and Pinnacle Bank's current and prospective capital, liquidity, and other needs. In addition to state law limitations on Pinnacle Financial's ability to pay dividends, the Federal Reserve imposes limitations on Pinnacle Financial's ability to pay dividends. Federal Reserve regulations limit dividends, stock repurchases and discretionary bonuses to executive officers if Pinnacle Financial's regulatory capital is below the level of regulatory minimums plus the applicable capital conservation buffer. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, Pinnacle Bank paid $44.1 million in dividends to Pinnacle Financial. As of March 31, 2020, Pinnacle Bank could pay approximately $571.3 million of additional dividends to Pinnacle Financial without prior approval of the Commissioner of the TDFI. Since the fourth quarter of 2018, Pinnacle Financial has paid a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.16 per share. The amount and timing of all future dividend payments by Pinnacle Financial, if any, is subject to discretion of Pinnacle Financial's board of directors and will depend on Pinnacle Financial's receipt of dividends from Pinnacle Bank, earnings, capital position, financial condition and other factors, including regulatory capital requirements, as they become known to Pinnacle Financial and receipt of any regulatory approvals that may become required as a result of each Pinnacle Financial's or Pinnacle Bank's financial results.

Pinnacle Financial and Pinnacle Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory, and possibly additional discretionary, actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, Pinnacle Financial and Pinnacle Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Pinnacle Financial's and Pinnacle Bank's capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require Pinnacle Financial and its banking subsidiary to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of common equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, total risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets and Tier 1 capital to average assets.
As permitted by the interim final rule issued on March 27, 2020 by the federal banking regulatory agencies, each of Pinnacle Bank and Pinnacle Financial has elected the option to delay the estimated impact on regulatory capital of Pinnacle Financial's and Pinnacle Bank's adoption of ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”, which was effective January 1, 2020. The initial impact of adoption of ASU 2016-13 as well as 25% of the quarterly increases in the allowance for credit losses subsequent to adoption of ASU 2016-13 (collectively the “transition adjustments”) will be delayed for two years . After two years, the cumulative amount of the transition adjustments will become fixed and will be phased out of the regulatory capital calculations evenly over a three year period, with 75% recognized in year three, 50% recognized in year four, and 25% recognized in year five. After five years, the temporary regulatory capital benefits will be fully reversed.

Management believes, as of March 31, 2020, that Pinnacle Financial and Pinnacle Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject. To be categorized as well-capitalized under applicable banking regulations, Pinnacle Bank must maintain certain total risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based, common equity Tier 1 and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the following table and not be subject to a written agreement, order or directive to maintain a higher capital level. The capital conservation buffer is not included in the required ratios of the table presented below. Pinnacle Financial's and Pinnacle Bank's actual capital amounts and resulting ratios, not including the capital conservation buffer, are presented in the following table (in thousands):
 ActualMinimum Capital
Requirement		Minimum
To Be Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Regulations
 AmountRatioAmountRatioAmountRatio
At March 31, 2020      
Total capital to risk weighted assets:      
Pinnacle Financial$3,158,818  12.8 %  $1,973,843  8.0 %$2,467,303  10.0 %
Pinnacle Bank$2,993,005  12.2 %  $1,968,039  8.0 %$2,460,049  10.0 %
Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets:      
Pinnacle Financial$2,311,306  9.4 %  $1,480,382  6.0 %$1,973,843  8.0 %
Pinnacle Bank$2,694,493  11.0 %  $1,476,029  6.0 %$1,968,039  8.0 %
Common equity Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets      
Pinnacle Financial$2,311,184  9.4 %  $1,110,287  4.5 %NANA
Pinnacle Bank$2,694,370  11.0 %  $1,107,022  4.5 %$1,599,032  6.5 %
Tier 1 capital to average assets (*):      
Pinnacle Financial$2,311,306  8.8 %  $1,048,902  4.0 %NANA
Pinnacle Bank$2,694,493  10.3 %  $1,047,399  4.0 %$1,309,248  5.0 %
At December 31, 2019
Total capital to risk weighted assets:
Pinnacle Financial$3,159,375  13.2 %$1,912,885  8.0 %$2,391,106  10.0 %
Pinnacle Bank$2,906,853  12.2 %$1,906,839  8.0 %$2,383,549  10.0 %
Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets:
Pinnacle Financial$2,319,234  9.7 %$1,434,664  6.0 %$1,912,885  8.0 %
Pinnacle Bank$2,679,713  11.2 %$1,430,129  6.0 %$1,906,839  8.0 %
Common equity Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets
Pinnacle Financial$2,319,112  9.7 %$1,075,998  4.5 %NANA
Pinnacle Bank$2,679,590  11.2 %$1,072,597  4.5 %$1,549,307  6.5 %
Tier 1 capital to average assets (*):
Pinnacle Financial$2,319,234  9.1 %$1,021,836  4.0 %NANA
Pinnacle Bank$2,679,713  10.5 %$1,019,210  4.0 %$1,274,012  5.0 %
(*) Average assets for the above calculations were based on the most recent quarter.