TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

American Bank of the Carolinas vs Blue Flame Credit Union

Bank

American Bank of the Carolinas

Monroe, North Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion

80of 100
Strong

Credit union

Blue Flame Credit Union

Charlotte, North Carolina · Under $100 million in assets

62of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureAmerican Bank of the CarolinasBlue Flame Credit Union
TellerScore80 (stronger)62
Capital cushion73 (stronger)60
Loan quality100 (stronger)94
Earnings78 (stronger)0
Funding & liquidity5169 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage100 (stronger)97
Peer percentile77th24th
Total assets$214.0M$30.3M
Deposits / shares$183.8M$26.6M
Capital ratio12.27% (stronger)11.04%
Problem loans0.00% (stronger)0.19%
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.05%
Return on assets1.45% (stronger)-1.16%
Loans ÷ deposits90.6% (stronger)91.7%
Uninsured deposits31.7%6.6% (stronger)
Offices31
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

American Bank of the Carolinas has the higher TellerScore (80 vs 62). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), American Bank of the Carolinas leads on 6 and Blue Flame Credit Union on 1. 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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