TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Farmers and Merchants Bank vs Tennessee Department of Safety Credit Union

Bank

First Farmers and Merchants Bank

Columbia, Tennessee · $1 billion – $10 billion

79of 100
Strong

Credit union

Tennessee Department of Safety Credit Union

Nashville, Tennessee · Under $100 million in assets

93of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Farmers and Merchants BankTennessee Department of Safety Credit Union
TellerScore7993 (stronger)
Capital cushion62100 (stronger)
Loan quality96100 (stronger)
Earnings71100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity80 (stronger)50
Problem-loan coverage98100 (stronger)
Peer percentile88th94th
Total assets$1.8B$12.0M
Deposits / shares$1.6B$8.7M
Capital ratio11.19%26.57% (stronger)
Problem loans0.12%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.00%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.27%4.43% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits65.8% (stronger)122.1%
Uninsured deposits27.7%4.2% (stronger)
Offices203
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)17.9%—

Tennessee Department of Safety Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (93 vs 79). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Farmers and Merchants Bank leads on 1 and Tennessee Department of Safety Credit Union on 6. 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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