TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Iowa State Bank vs Meridian Credit Union

Bank

First Iowa State Bank

Albia, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

60of 100
Moderate

Credit union

Meridian Credit Union

Ottumwa, Iowa · Under $100 million in assets

91of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Iowa State BankMeridian Credit Union
TellerScore6091 (stronger)
Capital cushion52100 (stronger)
Loan quality2995 (stronger)
Earnings100 (stronger)61
Funding & liquidity65100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage6999 (stronger)
Peer percentile19th90th
Total assets$396.1M$34.4M
Deposits / shares$359.0M$28.6M
Capital ratio10.20%16.74% (stronger)
Problem loans2.12%0.14% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.73%0.48% (stronger)
Return on assets2.03% (stronger)1.02%
Loans ÷ deposits80.2%46.3% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits28.8%2.1% (stronger)
Offices52
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Meridian Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (91 vs 60). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Iowa State Bank leads on 1 and Meridian 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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