TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Citizens Bank vs Safe Federal Credit Union

Bank

The Citizens Bank

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

74of 100
Strong

Credit union

Safe Federal Credit Union

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

73of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Citizens BankSafe Federal Credit Union
TellerScore74 (stronger)73
Capital cushion4960 (stronger)
Loan quality94 (stronger)79
Earnings7071 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity83 (stronger)81
Problem-loan coverage97 (stronger)92
Peer percentile74th70th
Total assets$1.1B$2.0B
Deposits / shares$1.0B$1.7B
Capital ratio9.91%10.97% (stronger)
Problem loans0.18% (stronger)0.63%
Net charge-offs0.05% (stronger)1.24%
Return on assets1.24%1.27% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits62.5% (stronger)79.1%
Uninsured deposits28.2%8.7% (stronger)
Offices2612
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)2.1%21.3%

The Citizens Bank has the higher TellerScore (74 vs 73). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Citizens Bank leads on 4 and Safe Federal Credit Union on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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