TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Citizens Bank vs Ascend Federal Credit Union

Bank

Citizens Bank

Carthage, Tennessee · $100 million – $1 billion

92of 100
Very strong

Credit union

Ascend Federal Credit Union

Tullahoma, Tennessee · $1 billion – $10 billion

83of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureCitizens BankAscend Federal Credit Union
TellerScore92 (stronger)83
Capital cushion100 (stronger)96
Loan quality7984 (stronger)
Earnings100 (stronger)68
Funding & liquidity82 (stronger)70
Problem-loan coverage95 (stronger)94
Peer percentile97th92nd
Total assets$832.5M$4.8B
Deposits / shares$716.0M$3.9B
Capital ratio16.29% (stronger)14.55%
Problem loans0.62%0.49% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.44%
Return on assets2.05% (stronger)1.20%
Loans ÷ deposits64.4% (stronger)90.5%
Uninsured deposits27.2%10.1% (stronger)
Offices727
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—22.1%

Citizens Bank has the higher TellerScore (92 vs 83). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Citizens Bank leads on 5 and Ascend Federal Credit Union on 2. 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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