TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Independent Bank vs Blue Water Federal Credit Union

Bank

Independent Bank

Grand Rapids, Michigan · $1 billion – $10 billion

63of 100
Moderate

Credit union

Blue Water Federal Credit Union

Port Huron, Michigan · Under $100 million in assets

86of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureIndependent BankBlue Water Federal Credit Union
TellerScore6386 (stronger)
Capital cushion4794 (stronger)
Loan quality6792 (stronger)
Earnings74 (stronger)49
Funding & liquidity61100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage8599 (stronger)
Peer percentile30th80th
Total assets$5.7B$20.4M
Deposits / shares$4.9B$17.4M
Capital ratio9.67%14.42% (stronger)
Problem loans0.99%0.23% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.03% (stronger)0.35%
Return on assets1.34% (stronger)0.74%
Loans ÷ deposits88.6%48.0% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits24.4%5.5% (stronger)
Offices573
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)17.6%—

Blue Water Federal Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (86 vs 63). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Independent Bank leads on 2 and Blue Water Federal Credit Union on 5. 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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