EQS-News: Peapack Private Bank & Trust Named a Best Bank to Work For

BEDMINSTER, NJ - November 12, 2025 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select Market: PGC) is proud to announce that Peapack Private Bank & Trust has been named one of the 2025 Best Banks to Work For. American Banker partnered with Best Companies Group to identify banks that excel at creating positive and supportive workplaces for employees.

This year, 90 banks earned a spot in the ranking based on an anonymous employee survey and a thorough review of benefits and perks. The full list of the 2025 Best Banks to Work For is featured at http://www.americanbanker.com.

"The banks recognized as Best Banks to Work For are institutions employees want to join and stay with," said Chana Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief of American Banker. "They understand how to give workers reasons to find purpose in their jobs."

On the 2025 list, Peapack Private Bank & Trust was ranked No. 48. The survey and awards program is designed to identify and honor banks with the best cultures for helping employees thrive.

“This is the 8th year in a row that we have been recognized with this honor,” said Doug Kennedy, President and CEO. “It’s the hard work and dedication that they put in that makes it possible to achieve this distinction, and I am truly grateful.”

The ranking process involves two steps:

• Workplace Evaluation - Policies, practices, and demographics (25% of total score)
• Employee Survey - Experiences and attitudes toward the workplace (75% of total score)

To qualify, banks must have at least 50 U.S.-based employees and have been in business for a minimum of one year. Best Companies Group managed registration, survey administration, and data analysis.

For more information on the Best Banks to Work For program, visit http://www.BestBankstoWorkfor.com.

About the Company

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is a New Jersey bank holding company with total assets of $7.4 billion and assets under management and/or administration of $12.9 billion as of September 30, 2025. Founded in 1921, Peapack Private Bank & Trust is a commercial bank that offers a client-centric approach to banking, providing high-quality products along with customized and innovative wealth management, investment banking, commercial and personal banking solutions. The Bank's wealth management division offers comprehensive financial, tax, fiduciary and investment advice and solutions to individuals, families, privately held businesses, family offices, and not-for-profit organizations, which help them establish, maintain, and expand their legacy. Peapack Private Bank & Trust offers an unparalleled commitment to client service. Visit www.peapackprivate.com for more information.

About American Banker

American Banker empowers banking professionals with unique analysis and insight into the ideas transforming their business and industry. Across its journalism, events, research and benchmarking, it helps drive the way forward through the complexity of business innovation, retail and commercial disruption, technology, regulation and reform. With a banking community 850k strong, American Banker’s content connects leaders online, in person and in print every day.

About Best Companies Group

Since 2004, Best Companies Group has specialized in identifying and recognizing great employers to work for. We are an independent research firm that ranks companies based on our established research methodology. Our surveys provide actionable, hard-to-obtain data that companies use to improve employee recruitment and retention.

Contact: Denise Pace-Sanders, Peapack Private Bank & Trust, SVP Managing Principal, Brand and Marketing Director, 500 Hills Drive, Suite 300, Bedminster, NJ  07921, dpace@peapackprivate.com, (908) 470-3322

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News Source: Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation