TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

USAA Federal Savings Bank vs Desert Financial Credit Union

Bank

USAA Federal Savings Bank

Phoenix, Arizona · Over $100 billion

64of 100
Moderate

Credit union

Desert Financial Credit Union

Phoenix, Arizona · $1 billion – $10 billion

80of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureUSAA Federal Savings BankDesert Financial Credit Union
TellerScore6480 (stronger)
Capital cushion4371 (stronger)
Loan quality6484 (stronger)
Earnings5664 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity100100
Problem-loan coverage8795 (stronger)
Peer percentile73rd88th
Total assets$106.2B$9.9B
Deposits / shares$92.0B$8.9B
Capital ratio9.29%12.10% (stronger)
Problem loans1.07%0.47% (stronger)
Net charge-offs2.08%0.29% (stronger)
Return on assets0.90%1.11% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits48.2% (stronger)59.9%
Uninsured deposits5.2% (stronger)11.7%
Offices451
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)37.2%26.1%

Desert Financial Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (80 vs 64). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), USAA Federal Savings Bank leads on 2 and Desert Financial Credit Union on 5. 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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