TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Southern First Bank vs Founders Federal Credit Union

Bank

Southern First Bank

Greenville, South Carolina · $1 billion – $10 billion

59of 100
Moderate

Credit union

Founders Federal Credit Union

Lancaster, South Carolina · $1 billion – $10 billion

79of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureSouthern First BankFounders Federal Credit Union
TellerScore5979 (stronger)
Capital cushion3986 (stronger)
Loan quality91 (stronger)77
Earnings5877 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity2666 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage94 (stronger)91
Peer percentile19th86th
Total assets$4.7B$5.2B
Deposits / shares$4.0B$4.4B
Capital ratio8.89%13.62% (stronger)
Problem loans0.28% (stronger)0.68%
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)1.07%
Return on assets0.96%1.43% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits99.8%94.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits45.9%11.4% (stronger)
Offices1228
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)12.6%26.2%

Founders Federal Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (79 vs 59). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Southern First Bank leads on 2 and Founders Federal Credit Union on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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