FDIC Cert #34788 · Los Angeles, California · Est. 1998

American Business Bank - FDIC Bank Health Profile

A community-scale look at American Business Bank's own numbers, pulled straight from its quarterly FDIC Call Report.

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$4.4B
Total assets
A
Health grade · Excellent
1.27%
Return on assets
12.1%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

American Business Bank earns a PlainBankData health grade of A (90/100), with well-capitalized at 12.11% Tier 1, profitable at 1.27% ROA, efficient (48% cost ratio).

#321
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
93rd
percentile by asset size, nationally
12.11%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
62nd
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

PlainBankData assigns this grade from public Call Report data; it isn't an official FDIC rating, and your deposits remain insured to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category no matter the score.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 34788 · CA A · 90/100

GRADE-A · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-STRONG · SIZE-REGIONAL · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-A A (90/100)
  • UPPER-Q #788/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Customers Bank · PA
  • TIER1-WELL 12.1% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 2.7% Texas
  • ROA-STRONG 1.27% ROA
  • SIZE-REGIONAL $1–10B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside California: Customers Bank, PA (±0 health pts)

Instrument codes from this bank’s FDIC Call Report sheet: grade band, health peer rank, photo-finish gap, Tier 1, Texas Ratio, ROA, size band, and book completeness. Not an official FDIC rating.

Health-score neighbourhood around American Business Bank

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest scored peers outside California, not a full FDIC corpus board reprint.

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100American Bank · PA · near90/100American Business Bank · CA …90/100Crown Bank · NJ · near90/100Customers Bank · PA · near90/100FinWise Bank · UT · near90/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around American Business Bank · July 2026

Call Report read for American Business Bank in a high-failure state

American Business Bank (FDIC Cert #34788) carries a PlainBankData health grade of A at 90/100, built only from this bank's own Call Report Tier 1 capital, ROA, Texas Ratio, and efficiency inputs. On the scored corpus it sits at health rank #788 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 12.11%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 2.69%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.27%. Balance-sheet scale is $4.4B, 321st of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Customers Bank (PA), tied on the composite. These are instrument codes from the Call Report sheet, not an official FDIC CAMELS rating, and insured deposits stay protected to $250,000 per depositor per ownership category regardless of grade. Compare the plate stamps against the score breakdown and the health-score neighbourhood before treating any single ratio as decisive.

State failure history around American Business Bank

44 FAILURE resolutions in California since 2000, heavy vs the state corpus

American Business Bank sits in one of the heavier post-2000 FAILURE states (44 resolutions; latest year 2023). The list below is state history from the Failed Bank List, not a claim about American Business Bank's current Call Report.

  • FIRST REPUBLIC BANK SAN FRANCISCO, CA 2023 → JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
  • SILICON VALLEY BANK SANTA CLARA, CA 2023 → FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
  • FRONTIER BANK, FSB PALM DESERT, CA 2014 → BANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, N.A.

Source: FDIC Failed Bank List (resolution_type=FAILURE only; ASSISTANCE excluded). See the depositor failures guide and California banks.

How American Business Bank's 90/100 score adds up

Each factor is scored from this bank's own FDIC Call Report figures, then summed to the composite health score.

0/100100/100National avg77/10090/100
American Business Bank's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (12.11%) 35/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.27%) 20/25
Texas Ratio (2.69%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (47.89%) 15/15

90 of 100 points earned across four weighted factors. See our methodology for the full scoring formula.

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$4.4B

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$4.0B

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$3.0B

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$54M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 10.71% 12.11% 13.51%
Basel III capital ratios - American Business Bank

Where American Business Bank ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. American Business Bank's score of 90/100 falls in the highlighted band.

American Business Bank: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

90 Top 18% higher than 82% of 4,307 FDIC-insured banks

0–10: 3 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 10–20: 6 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 20–30: 26 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 36 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 98 FDIC-insured banks (2%). Below this entry. 50–60: 279 FDIC-insured banks (6%). Below this entry. 60–70: 777 FDIC-insured banks (18%). Below this entry. 70–80: 1,030 FDIC-insured banks (24%). Below this entry. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). Below this entry. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). This entry sits in this band. American Business Bank 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more FDIC-insured banks. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

American Business Bank's size among FDIC-insured banks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with reported assets, bucketed by total-asset scale (note the buckets are powers of 10, most banks cluster in the $100M-$1B range). American Business Bank's $4.4B falls in the highlighted band.

Capital & credit buffers at American Business Bank

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

12.11% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
12.11%
Texas Ratio
2.69%
Equity Capital
$411M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at American Business Bank

Return on Assets (ROA)
62nd percentile nationally
1.27%
Return on Equity (ROE)
14.25%
Efficiency Ratio
47.89%

What these mean →

Income & expense at American Business Bank

$196M
Interest Income
$10M
Non-Interest Income
$78M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. American Business Bank reports a Texas Ratio of 2.69% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

2.69% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View American Business Bank on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in California by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in California
  1. 1
    City National Bank $98.4B

    Los Angeles, CA · Grade A

  2. 2
    East West Bank $79.7B

    Pasadena, CA · Grade A

  3. 3
    Banc of California $34.7B

    Los Angeles, CA · Grade B

  4. 4
    Axos Bank $27.2B

    San Diego, CA · Grade A

  5. 5
    Cathay Bank $24.2B

    Los Angeles, CA · Grade A

Top 5 banks in California ranked by total assets · FDIC Call Report Q4 2025.

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($4.4B here), outside California so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Southern First Bank $4.4B · SC ChoiceOne Bank $4.4B · MI The Fidelity Bank $4.4B · NC Arrow Bank $4.4B · NY

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) American Business Bank (FDIC Cert #34788) - Tier 1 capital ratio, total assets, deposits, ROA/ROE · 2025 FDIC Call Reports filed quarterly; latest publicly-available vintage shown. Health grades are PlainBankData's interpretation of regulatory filings and are not official FDIC ratings.

American Business Bank Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · California FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

Other banks in California

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BankAssetsGradeROA
City National BankLos Angeles $98.4B A 0.95%
East West BankPasadena $79.7B A 1.72%
Banc of CaliforniaLos Angeles $34.7B B 0.78%
Axos BankSan Diego $27.2B A 1.77%
Cathay BankLos Angeles $24.2B A 1.38%
Mechanics BankWalnut Creek $22.4B A 1.44%
Bank of HopeLos Angeles $18.5B B 0.42%
Citizens Business Bank, National AssociationOntario $15.6B A 1.39%