FDIC Cert #1700 · Tazewell, Tennessee · Est. 1899

First Century Bank - FDIC Bank Health Profile

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

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$761M
Total assets
A
Health grade · Excellent
1.37%
Return on assets
12.1%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

First Century Bank earns a PlainBankData health grade of A (87/100), with well-capitalized at 12.08% Tier 1, profitable at 1.37% ROA, efficient (54% cost ratio).

#1,309
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
70th
percentile by asset size, nationally
12.08%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
68th
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 1700 · TN A · 87/100

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

  • GRADE-A A (87/100)
  • MID-PACK #1227/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fowler State Bank · IN
  • TIER1-WELL 12.1% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 0.4% Texas
  • ROA-STRONG 1.37% ROA
  • SIZE-MID $100M–1B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Tennessee: Fowler State Bank, IN (±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 First Century Bank

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

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Central State Bank · IA · ne…87/100First Century Bank · TN · th…87/100Fowler State Bank · IN · near87/100Iowa Trust and Savin… · IA ·…87/100The Shelby County St… · IA ·…87/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around First Century Bank · July 2026

What First Century Bank's Call Report plate shows

First Century Bank (FDIC Cert #1700) carries a PlainBankData health grade of A at 87/100, 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 #1,227 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 12.08%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 0.37%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.37%. Balance-sheet scale is $761M, 1,309th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Fowler State Bank (IN), 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 First Century Bank

7 FAILURE resolutions in Tennessee since 2000 (6 since 2008)

First Century Bank's home state sits in the middle band of post-2000 FAILURE counts (7; 6 since the 2008 crisis window). Recent named resolutions below are Failed Bank List rows for this state only; First Century Bank remains an active FDIC-insured reporter.

  • TRUST COMPANY BANK MEMPHIS, TN 2016 → THE BANK OF FAYETTE COUNTY
  • COMMUNITY SOUTH BANK PARSONS, TN 2013 → CB&S BANK, INC.
  • MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BANK SEVIERVILLE, TN 2013 → FIRST TENNESSEE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

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

How First Century Bank's 87/100 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 avg77/10087/100
First Century Bank's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (12.08%) 35/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.37%) 20/25
Texas Ratio (0.37%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (53.86%) 12/15

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

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$761M

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$682M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$663M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$10M

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.) 10.68% 12.08% 13.48%
Basel III capital ratios - First Century Bank

Where First Century Bank ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. First Century Bank's score of 87/100 falls in the highlighted band.

First Century Bank: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

87 Top 28% higher than 72% 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. First Century Bank 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

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Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

First Century 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). First Century Bank's $761M falls in the highlighted band.

Safety ratios for First Century Bank

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

12.08% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
12.08%
Texas Ratio
0.37%
Equity Capital
$70M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at First Century Bank

Return on Assets (ROA)
68th percentile nationally
1.37%
Return on Equity (ROE)
15.73%
Efficiency Ratio
53.86%

What these mean →

Income & expense at First Century Bank

$46M
Interest Income
$3M
Non-Interest Income
$17M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. First Century Bank reports a Texas Ratio of 0.37% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

0.37% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View First Century Bank on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Tennessee by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Tennessee
  1. 1
    First Horizon Bank $83.6B

    Memphis, TN · Grade B

  2. 2
    Pinnacle Bank $57.6B

    Nashville, TN · Grade A

  3. 3
    FirstBank $16.3B

    Nashville, TN · Grade B

  4. 4
    Wilson Bank and Trust $5.9B

    Lebanon, TN · Grade A

  5. 5
    SmartBank $5.9B

    Pigeon Forge, TN · Grade B

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

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($761M here), outside Tennessee so the neighborhood is not state containment.

OneUnited Bank $762M · MA Bank of Prairie du Sac $760M · WI The Bank of Canton $762M · MA MidSouth Bank $762M · AL

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) First Century Bank (FDIC Cert #1700) - 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.

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

Other banks in Tennessee

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BankAssetsGradeROA
First Horizon BankMemphis $83.6B B 1.35%
Pinnacle BankNashville $57.6B A 1.25%
FirstBankNashville $16.3B B 0.89%
Wilson Bank and TrustLebanon $5.9B A 1.38%
SmartBankPigeon Forge $5.9B B 1.00%
SouthEast BankFarragut $3.5B C 0.68%
Home Federal Bank of TennesseeKnoxville $2.7B C 0.21%
Builtwell BankChattanooga $2.3B A 2.07%