TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Merchants & Citizens Bank vs The Peoples Bank

Bank

The Merchants & Citizens Bank

Mcrae, Georgia · $100 million – $1 billion

79of 100
Strong

Bank

The Peoples Bank

Willacoochee, Georgia · $100 million – $1 billion

73of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Merchants & Citizens BankThe Peoples Bank
TellerScore79 (stronger)73
Capital cushion82 (stronger)74
Loan quality88 (stronger)70
Earnings51 (stronger)49
Funding & liquidity8393 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)95
Peer percentile75th53rd
Total assets$146.0M$109.3M
Deposits / shares$128.7M$95.2M
Capital ratio13.24% (stronger)12.45%
Problem loans0.36% (stronger)0.89%
Net charge-offs0.16%0.03% (stronger)
Return on assets0.77% (stronger)0.71%
Loans ÷ deposits40.4%39.0% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits31.0%21.4% (stronger)
Offices12
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

The Merchants & Citizens Bank has the higher TellerScore (79 vs 73). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Merchants & Citizens Bank leads on 4 and The Peoples Bank on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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