TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Farmers and Merchants Bank vs Southeast Financial Credit Union

Bank

First Farmers and Merchants Bank

Columbia, Tennessee · $1 billion – $10 billion

79of 100
Strong

Credit union

Southeast Financial Credit Union

Franklin, Tennessee · $100 million – $1 billion

52of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Farmers and Merchants BankSoutheast Financial Credit Union
TellerScore79 (stronger)52
Capital cushion62 (stronger)30
Loan quality96 (stronger)72
Earnings71 (stronger)31
Funding & liquidity80 (stronger)74
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)81
Peer percentile88th8th
Total assets$1.8B$466.8M
Deposits / shares$1.6B$429.1M
Capital ratio11.19% (stronger)7.98%
Problem loans0.12% (stronger)0.85%
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.52%
Return on assets1.27% (stronger)0.29%
Loans ÷ deposits65.8% (stronger)86.7%
Uninsured deposits27.7%8.2% (stronger)
Offices2012
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 52). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Farmers and Merchants Bank leads on 6 and Southeast Financial Credit Union on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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