FDIC Cert #9245 · La Fayette, Georgia · Est. 1899

The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia - FDIC Bank Health Profile

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

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$448M
Total assets
C
Health grade · Fair
0.84%
Return on assets
9.6%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia earns a PlainBankData health grade of C (60/100), with 9.57% Tier 1 capital, 0.84% ROA, efficient (56% cost ratio).

#1,927
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
55th
percentile by asset size, nationally
9.57%
Tier 1 ratio - below the 10% well-capitalized line
32nd
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

The grade above reflects PlainBankData's own read of the bank's regulatory filings, not an FDIC judgment, deposit coverage stays at $250,000 per depositor, per category, unaffected by it.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 9245 · GA C · 60/100

GRADE-C · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-ADEQ · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-PAR · SIZE-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-C C (60/100)
  • LOWER-Q #3779/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brighton Bank · TN
  • TIER1-ADEQ 9.6% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 7.7% Texas
  • ROA-PAR 0.84% ROA
  • SIZE-MID $100M–1B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Georgia: Brighton Bank, TN (±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 The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia

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

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Battle Bank, Nationa… · MN ·…60/100Brighton Bank · TN · near60/100Community Bank Mankato · MN …60/100Community State Bank · IN · …60/100The Bank of LaFayett… · GA ·…60/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia · July 2026

Call Report read for The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia in a high-failure state

The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia (FDIC Cert #9245) carries a PlainBankData health grade of C at 60/100, 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 #3,779 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 9.57%, missing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 7.73%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 0.84%. Balance-sheet scale is $448M, 1,927th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Brighton Bank (TN), 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 The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia

94 FAILURE resolutions in Georgia since 2000, heavy vs the state corpus

The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia sits in one of the heavier post-2000 FAILURE states (94 resolutions; latest year 2016). The list below is state history from the Failed Bank List, not a claim about The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia's current Call Report.

  • THE WOODBURY BANKING COMPANY WOODBURY, GA 2016 → UNITED BANK
  • CAPITOL CITY BANK & TRUST COMPANY ATLANTA, GA 2015 → FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
  • THE BANK OF GEORGIA PEACHTREE CITY, GA 2015 → FIDELITY BANK

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

How The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia's 60/100 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 avg77/10060/100
The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (9.57%) 18/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (0.84%) 14/25
Texas Ratio (7.73%) 16/20
Efficiency Ratio (56.37%) 12/15

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

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$448M

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$378M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$171M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$4M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 8.17% 9.57% 10.97%
Basel III capital ratios - The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia

Where The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia's score of 60/100 falls in the highlighted band.

The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

60 12th percentile higher than 12% 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. The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

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Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia'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). The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia's $448M falls in the highlighted band.

Capital & credit buffers at The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

9.57% of risk-weighted assets - below the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
9.57%
Texas Ratio
7.73%
Equity Capital
$18M

What these ratios mean →

Profitability metrics: The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia

Return on Assets (ROA)
32nd percentile nationally
0.84%
Return on Equity (ROE)
27.22%
Efficiency Ratio
56.37%

What these mean →

Income & expense at The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia

$18M
Interest Income
$1M
Non-Interest Income
$7M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia reports a Texas Ratio of 7.73% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

7.73% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Georgia by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Georgia
  1. 1
    Ameris Bank $27.4B

    Atlanta, GA · Grade A

  2. 2
    RBC Bank, (Georgia) $8.0B

    Atlanta, GA · Grade A

  3. 3
    Metro City Bank $4.7B

    Doraville, GA · Grade A

  4. 4
    Colony Bank $3.7B

    Fitzgerald, GA · Grade B

  5. 5
    Georgia Banking Company $2.7B

    Atlanta, GA · Grade B

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

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($448M here), outside Georgia so the neighborhood is not state containment.

United Savings Bank $448M · PA Meade County Bank $448M · KY Alden State Bank $448M · NY The Dolores State Bank $448M · CO

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia (FDIC Cert #9245) - 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.

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

Other banks in Georgia

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BankAssetsGradeROA
Ameris BankAtlanta $27.4B A 1.64%
RBC Bank, (Georgia) National AssociationAtlanta $8.0B A 2.48%
Metro City BankDoraville $4.7B A 1.79%
Colony BankFitzgerald $3.7B B 0.92%
Georgia Banking CompanyAtlanta $2.7B B 0.96%
United BankZebulon $2.3B A 2.66%
Pinnacle BankElberton $2.3B B 1.29%
Queensborough National Bank & Trust CompanyLouisville $2.2B A 1.05%