TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers and Merchants Bank vs Tower Federal Credit Union

Bank

Farmers and Merchants Bank

Upperco, Maryland · $100 million – $1 billion

72of 100
Strong

Credit union

Tower Federal Credit Union

Laurel, Maryland · $1 billion – $10 billion

83of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers and Merchants BankTower Federal Credit Union
TellerScore7283 (stronger)
Capital cushion5093 (stronger)
Loan quality100 (stronger)87
Earnings5966 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity7272
Problem-loan coverage9696
Peer percentile50th92nd
Total assets$874.5M$5.0B
Deposits / shares$725.7M$4.3B
Capital ratio9.98%14.31% (stronger)
Problem loans0.00% (stronger)0.39%
Net charge-offs-0.02% (stronger)0.26%
Return on assets0.97%1.16% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits87.8% (stronger)88.0%
Uninsured deposits14.3%13.2% (stronger)
Offices913
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)5.9%30.4%

Tower Federal Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (83 vs 72). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants Bank leads on 3 and Tower Federal Credit Union on 4. 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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