TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Montecito Bank & Trust vs Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union

Bank

Montecito Bank & Trust

Santa Barbara, California · $1 billion – $10 billion

69of 100
Moderate

Credit union

Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union

Santa Barbara, California · $100 million – $1 billion

88of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureMontecito Bank & TrustSanta Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union
TellerScore6988 (stronger)
Capital cushion6388 (stronger)
Loan quality94100 (stronger)
Earnings4456 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity54100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage98100 (stronger)
Peer percentile53rd92nd
Total assets$2.0B$308.5M
Deposits / shares$1.7B$264.3M
Capital ratio11.29%13.82% (stronger)
Problem loans0.17%0.01% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.02%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets0.60%0.91% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits79.4%21.9% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits38.6%5.2% (stronger)
Offices165
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)26.7%5.9%

Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (88 vs 69). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Montecito Bank & Trust leads on 0 and Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union on 7. 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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