FDIC Cert #35207 · Lynchburg, Virginia · Est. 1999

Bank of the James - FDIC Bank Health Profile

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

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$1.0B
Total assets
B
Health grade · Good
0.78%
Return on assets
11.7%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

Bank of the James earns a PlainBankData health grade of B (66/100), with well-capitalized at 11.73% Tier 1, 0.78% ROA, 79% efficiency ratio.

#1,013
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
77th
percentile by asset size, nationally
11.73%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
28th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

This grade is PlainBankData's own interpretation of the bank's Call Report, not an FDIC rating, deposits here stay federally insured to $250,000 per depositor, per category, regardless of grade.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 35207 · VA B · 66/100

GRADE-B · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-PAR · SIZE-REGIONAL · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-B B (66/100)
  • LOWER-Q #3357/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Freedom Bank of Sout… · MO
  • TIER1-WELL 11.7% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 2.0% Texas
  • ROA-PAR 0.78% ROA
  • SIZE-REGIONAL $1–10B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Virginia: Freedom Bank of Southern Missouri, MO (±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 Bank of the James

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

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Bank of the James · VA · thi…66/100Freedom Bank of Sout… · MO ·…66/100North State Bank · NC · near66/100Sauk Valley Bank & T… · IL ·…66/100Susser Bank · TX · near66/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around Bank of the James · July 2026

What Bank of the James's Call Report plate shows

Bank of the James (FDIC Cert #35207) carries a PlainBankData health grade of B at 66/100, 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 #3,357 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 11.73%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 2.01%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 0.78%. Balance-sheet scale is $1.0B, 1,013th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Freedom Bank of Southern Missouri (MO), 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 Bank of the James

5 FAILURE resolutions in Virginia since 2000 (5 since 2008)

Bank of the James's home state sits in the middle band of post-2000 FAILURE counts (5; 5 since the 2008 crisis window). Recent named resolutions below are Failed Bank List rows for this state only; Bank of the James remains an active FDIC-insured reporter.

  • MILLENNIUM BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION STERLING, VA 2014 → WASHINGTONFIRST BANK
  • BANK OF THE COMMONWEALTH NORFOLK, VA 2011 → SOUTHERN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
  • VIRGINIA BUSINESS BANK RICHMOND, VA 2011 → XENITH BANK

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

How Bank of the James's 66/100 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 avg77/10066/100
Bank of the James's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (11.73%) 28/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (0.78%) 14/25
Texas Ratio (2.01%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (78.76%) 4/15

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

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$1.0B

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$941M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$665M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$8M

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.) 10.33% 11.73% 13.13%
Basel III capital ratios - Bank of the James

Where Bank of the James ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. Bank of the James's score of 66/100 falls in the highlighted band.

Bank of the James: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

66 22nd percentile higher than 22% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 70–80: 1,030 FDIC-insured banks (24%). Above this entry. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). Above this entry. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). Above this entry. Bank of the James 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

Bank of the James'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). Bank of the James's $1.0B falls in the highlighted band.

Safety ratios for Bank of the James

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

11.73% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
11.73%
Texas Ratio
2.01%
Equity Capital
$78M

What these ratios mean →

Profitability metrics: Bank of the James

Return on Assets (ROA)
28th percentile nationally
0.78%
Return on Equity (ROE)
10.75%
Efficiency Ratio
78.76%

What these mean →

Income & expense at Bank of the James

$47M
Interest Income
$10M
Non-Interest Income
$35M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. Bank of the James reports a Texas Ratio of 2.01% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

2.01% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View Bank of the James on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Virginia by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Virginia
  1. 1
    Capital One $658.5B

    Mclean, VA · Grade B

  2. 2
    HSBC Bank USA $165.3B

    Tysons, VA · Grade A

  3. 3
    Atlantic Union Bank $37.5B

    Richmond City, VA · Grade A

  4. 4
    United Bank $33.5B

    Fairfax, VA · Grade A

  5. 5
    TowneBank $19.7B

    Portsmouth, VA · Grade B

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

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($1.0B here), outside Virginia so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Adams Community Bank $1.0B · MA OneLocal Bank $1.0B · MA Cornerstone National Bank & Trust Com… $1.0B · IL The Port Washington State Bank $1.0B · WI

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) Bank of the James (FDIC Cert #35207) - 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.

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

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BankAssetsGradeROA
Capital One, National AssociationMclean $658.5B B 0.55%
HSBC Bank USA, National AssociationTysons $165.3B A 0.92%
Atlantic Union BankRichmond City $37.5B A 0.99%
United BankFairfax $33.5B A 1.50%
TowneBankPortsmouth $19.7B B 0.90%
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Carter Bank & TrustMartinsville $4.8B D 0.72%
The First Bank and Trust CompanyLebanon $4.2B A 1.62%