TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Ottawa Hiway Credit Union vs Smartchoice Credit Union

Credit union

Ottawa Hiway Credit Union

Ottawa, Illinois · Under $100 million in assets

100of 100
Very strong

Credit union

Smartchoice Credit Union

Spring Valley, Illinois · Under $100 million in assets

74of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureOttawa Hiway Credit UnionSmartchoice Credit Union
TellerScore100 (stronger)74
Capital cushion100100
Loan quality100 (stronger)64
Earnings100 (stronger)43
Funding & liquidity100 (stronger)66
Problem-loan coverage100 (stronger)96
Peer percentile100th49th
Total assets$16.3M$787K
Deposits / shares$13.5M$548K
Capital ratio16.69%30.27% (stronger)
Problem loans0.00% (stronger)1.07%
Net charge-offs0.07%-0.72% (stronger)
Return on assets2.12% (stronger)0.56%
Loans ÷ deposits52.9% (stronger)93.8%
Uninsured deposits11.5%0.0% (stronger)
Offices31
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Ottawa Hiway Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (100 vs 74). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Ottawa Hiway Credit Union leads on 4 and Smartchoice Credit Union on 3. 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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