TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Carolina Bank & Trust Co. vs First Reliance Bank

Bank

Carolina Bank & Trust Co.

Lamar, South Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion

83of 100
Strong

Bank

First Reliance Bank

Florence, South Carolina · $1 billion – $10 billion

71of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureCarolina Bank & Trust Co.First Reliance Bank
TellerScore83 (stronger)71
Capital cushion85 (stronger)55
Loan quality8698 (stronger)
Earnings94 (stronger)69
Funding & liquidity50 (stronger)42
Problem-loan coverage9699 (stronger)
Peer percentile84th63rd
Total assets$844.6M$1.1B
Deposits / shares$727.4M$922.0M
Capital ratio13.51% (stronger)10.53%
Problem loans0.41%0.07% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.20%-0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.85% (stronger)1.21%
Loans ÷ deposits82.3% (stronger)90.0%
Uninsured deposits40.1% (stronger)40.3%
Offices149
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)5.4%—

Carolina Bank & Trust Co. has the higher TellerScore (83 vs 71). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Carolina Bank & Trust Co. leads on 5 and First Reliance Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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