TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

American Riviera Bank vs Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union

Bank

American Riviera Bank

Santa Barbara, California · $1 billion – $10 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Credit union

Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union

Santa Barbara, California · $100 million – $1 billion

88of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureAmerican Riviera BankSanta Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union
TellerScore6788 (stronger)
Capital cushion6388 (stronger)
Loan quality77100 (stronger)
Earnings64 (stronger)56
Funding & liquidity44100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage90100 (stronger)
Peer percentile44th92nd
Total assets$1.4B$308.5M
Deposits / shares$1.2B$264.3M
Capital ratio11.25%13.82% (stronger)
Problem loans0.68%0.01% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.00%
Return on assets1.11% (stronger)0.91%
Loans ÷ deposits92.0%21.9% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits36.8%5.2% (stronger)
Offices75
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)15.2%5.9%

Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (88 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), American Riviera Bank leads on 2 and Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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