TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Farmers and Merchants Bank vs Employee Resources Credit Union

Bank

First Farmers and Merchants Bank

Columbia, Tennessee · $1 billion – $10 billion

79of 100
Strong

Credit union

Employee Resources Credit Union

Lawrenceburg, Tennessee · $100 million – $1 billion

62of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Farmers and Merchants BankEmployee Resources Credit Union
TellerScore79 (stronger)62
Capital cushion62 (stronger)45
Loan quality96 (stronger)81
Earnings71 (stronger)42
Funding & liquidity80 (stronger)72
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)89
Peer percentile88th26th
Total assets$1.8B$185.5M
Deposits / shares$1.6B$167.6M
Capital ratio11.19% (stronger)9.46%
Problem loans0.12% (stronger)0.58%
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.60%
Return on assets1.27% (stronger)0.54%
Loans ÷ deposits65.8% (stronger)88.7%
Uninsured deposits27.7%7.0% (stronger)
Offices205
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)17.9%—

First Farmers and Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (79 vs 62). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Farmers and Merchants Bank leads on 6 and Employee Resources Credit Union on 1. 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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