FDIC Cert #955 · Fort Madison, Iowa · Est. 1854

Connection Bank - FDIC Bank Health Profile

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

$540M
Total assets
A
Health grade · Excellent
1.49%
Return on assets
11.1%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

Connection Bank earns a PlainBankData health grade of A (80/100), with well-capitalized at 11.15% Tier 1, profitable at 1.49% ROA, efficient (57% cost ratio).

#1,702
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
61st
percentile by asset size, nationally
11.15%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
74th
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 955 · IA A · 80/100

GRADE-A · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-STRONG · SIZE-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-A A (80/100)
  • MID-PACK #1979/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wayne Bank · PA
  • TIER1-WELL 11.1% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 3.1% Texas
  • ROA-STRONG 1.49% ROA
  • SIZE-MID $100M–1B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Iowa: Wayne 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 Connection Bank

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

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/1001st Financial Bank USA · SD …80/100BankStar Financial · SD · ne…80/100Connection Bank · IA · this …80/100First Independent Bank · MN …80/100Wayne Bank · PA · near80/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around Connection Bank · July 2026

What Connection Bank's Call Report plate shows

Connection Bank (FDIC Cert #955) carries a PlainBankData health grade of A at 80/100, 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 #1,979 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 11.15%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 3.15%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.49%. Balance-sheet scale is $540M, 1,702nd of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Wayne 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 Connection Bank

4 FAILURE resolutions in Iowa since 2000 (3 since 2008)

Connection Bank's home state sits in the middle band of post-2000 FAILURE counts (4; 3 since the 2008 crisis window). Recent named resolutions below are Failed Bank List rows for this state only; Connection Bank remains an active FDIC-insured reporter.

  • CITIZENS BANK SAC CITY, IA 2023 → IOWA TRUST & SAVINGS BANK
  • POLK COUNTY BANK JOHNSTON, IA 2011 → GRINNELL STATE BANK
  • VANTUS BANK SIOUX CITY, IA 2009 → GREAT SOUTHERN BANK

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

How Connection Bank's 80/100 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 avg77/10080/100
Connection Bank's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (11.15%) 28/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.49%) 20/25
Texas Ratio (3.15%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (57.22%) 12/15

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

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$540M

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$453M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$468M

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.) 9.75% 11.15% 12.55%
Basel III capital ratios - Connection Bank

Where Connection Bank ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. Connection Bank's score of 80/100 falls in the highlighted band.

Connection Bank: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

80 Top 46% higher than 54% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). Above this entry. Connection Bank 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

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Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

Connection 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). Connection Bank's $540M falls in the highlighted band.

Safety ratios for Connection Bank

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

11.15% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
11.15%
Texas Ratio
3.15%
Equity Capital
$54M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at Connection Bank

Return on Assets (ROA)
74th percentile nationally
1.49%
Return on Equity (ROE)
15.07%
Efficiency Ratio
57.22%

What these mean →

Income & expense at Connection Bank

$28M
Interest Income
$3M
Non-Interest Income
$12M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. Connection Bank reports a Texas Ratio of 3.15% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

3.15% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View Connection Bank on FDIC BankFind →

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

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($540M here), outside Iowa so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) Connection Bank (FDIC Cert #955) - 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.

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

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