TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Alternatives Federal Credit Union vs Beginnings Credit Union

Credit union

Alternatives Federal Credit Union

Ithaca, New York · $100 million – $1 billion

29of 100
Low

Credit union

Beginnings Credit Union

Ithaca, New York · $1 billion – $10 billion

77of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureAlternatives Federal Credit UnionBeginnings Credit Union
TellerScore2977 (stronger)
Capital cushion3890 (stronger)
Loan quality077 (stronger)
Earnings049 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity93 (stronger)78
Problem-loan coverage3693 (stronger)
Peer percentile0th82nd
Total assets$161.4M$1.5B
Deposits / shares$144.5M$1.3B
Capital ratio8.83%14.01% (stronger)
Problem loans4.71%0.69% (stronger)
Net charge-offs2.16%0.39% (stronger)
Return on assets-1.01%0.73% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits67.4% (stronger)82.3%
Uninsured deposits8.3% (stronger)9.2%
Offices114
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)8.9%—

Beginnings Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (77 vs 29). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Alternatives Federal Credit Union leads on 2 and Beginnings Credit Union on 5. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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