TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers and Merchants Bank vs The Southern Credit Union

Bank

Farmers and Merchants Bank

Lafayette, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Credit union

The Southern Credit Union

Fayetteville, Georgia · $100 million – $1 billion

76of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers and Merchants BankThe Southern Credit Union
TellerScore7076 (stronger)
Capital cushion6666
Loan quality6797 (stronger)
Earnings63 (stronger)37
Funding & liquidity80100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage8999 (stronger)
Peer percentile43rd68th
Total assets$307.6M$560.2M
Deposits / shares$276.9M$499.1M
Capital ratio11.56%11.60% (stronger)
Problem loans0.98%0.10% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.14% (stronger)0.15%
Return on assets1.08% (stronger)0.43%
Loans ÷ deposits45.6%42.0% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits33.3%6.3% (stronger)
Offices311
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

The Southern Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (76 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants Bank leads on 2 and The Southern Credit Union on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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