TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Independence Bank vs 1st Liberty Federal Credit Union

Bank

Independence Bank

Havre, Montana · $1 billion – $10 billion

84of 100
Strong

Credit union

1st Liberty Federal Credit Union

Great Falls, Montana · $100 million – $1 billion

84of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureIndependence Bank1st Liberty Federal Credit Union
TellerScore8484
Capital cushion8494 (stronger)
Loan quality8591 (stronger)
Earnings97 (stronger)40
Funding & liquidity55100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9498 (stronger)
Peer percentile95th86th
Total assets$1.4B$214.2M
Deposits / shares$1.2B$182.4M
Capital ratio13.39%14.43% (stronger)
Problem loans0.46%0.28% (stronger)
Net charge-offs-0.00% (stronger)0.18%
Return on assets1.93% (stronger)0.49%
Loans ÷ deposits91.1%51.3% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits28.2%4.1% (stronger)
Offices105
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)9.9%—

Both have the same TellerScore. On the 6 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Independence Bank leads on 2 and 1st Liberty 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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