TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Currency Bank vs Essential Credit Union

Bank

Currency Bank

Baton Rouge, Louisiana · $100 million – $1 billion

86of 100
Very strong

Credit union

Essential Credit Union

Baton Rouge, Louisiana · $100 million – $1 billion

50of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureCurrency BankEssential Credit Union
TellerScore86 (stronger)50
Capital cushion84 (stronger)41
Loan quality95 (stronger)52
Earnings98 (stronger)38
Funding & liquidity5064 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage99 (stronger)72
Peer percentile90th6th
Total assets$248.5M$434.2M
Deposits / shares$203.2M$362.4M
Capital ratio13.38% (stronger)9.06%
Problem loans0.14% (stronger)1.45%
Net charge-offs-0.05% (stronger)0.93%
Return on assets1.95% (stronger)0.46%
Loans ÷ deposits93.0% (stronger)96.4%
Uninsured deposits30.3%5.9% (stronger)
Offices37
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Currency Bank has the higher TellerScore (86 vs 50). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Currency Bank leads on 6 and Essential Credit Union on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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