TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Citizens Equity First Credit Union vs Empeople Credit Union

Credit union

Citizens Equity First Credit Union

Peoria, Illinois · $1 billion – $10 billion

71of 100
Strong

Credit union

Empeople Credit Union

Moline, Illinois · $1 billion – $10 billion

58of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureCitizens Equity First Credit UnionEmpeople Credit Union
TellerScore71 (stronger)58
Capital cushion67 (stronger)33
Loan quality6880 (stronger)
Earnings73 (stronger)50
Funding & liquidity73 (stronger)62
Problem-loan coverage8787
Peer percentile62nd19th
Total assets$8.5B$2.3B
Deposits / shares$7.4B$2.0B
Capital ratio11.65% (stronger)8.31%
Problem loans0.96%0.59% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.71%0.46% (stronger)
Return on assets1.33% (stronger)0.74%
Loans ÷ deposits87.4% (stronger)96.1%
Uninsured deposits8.9% (stronger)16.7%
Offices3335
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—25.7%

Citizens Equity First Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (71 vs 58). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Citizens Equity First Credit Union leads on 5 and Empeople Credit Union on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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