Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data
Ascend Bank vs New Haven Firefighters Credit Union
Credit union
New Haven Firefighters Credit Union
New Haven, Connecticut · Under $100 million in assets
Metric by metric
| Measure | Ascend Bank | New Haven Firefighters Credit Union |
|---|---|---|
| TellerScore | 66 | 89 (stronger) |
| Capital cushion | 47 | 100 (stronger) |
| Loan quality | 83 | 100 (stronger) |
| Earnings | 61 (stronger) | 47 |
| Funding & liquidity | 63 | 100 (stronger) |
| Problem-loan coverage | 93 | 100 (stronger) |
| Peer percentile | 40th | 87th |
| Total assets | $1.5B | $5.9M |
| Deposits / shares | $1.3B | $4.4M |
| Capital ratio | 9.65% | 26.26% (stronger) |
| Problem loans | 0.50% | 0.00% (stronger) |
| Net charge-offs | 0.06% | 0.00% (stronger) |
| Return on assets | 1.03% (stronger) | 0.68% |
| Loans ÷ deposits | 87.5% | 46.7% (stronger) |
| Uninsured deposits | 23.6% | 0.0% (stronger) |
| Offices | 12 | 3 |
| CFPB complaints (3 yrs) | — | — |
| Complaints per $1B deposits | — | — |
| Mortgage denial rate (HMDA) | 13.2% | — |
New Haven Firefighters Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (89 vs 66). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Ascend Bank leads on 1 and New Haven Firefighters Credit Union on 6. 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.