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US Banks with Highest CET1 Capital Ratio in South Carolina

Ranked among banks headquartered in South Carolina. Re-ranked 1-31 within the state from the same national ranking population.

#1 CET1 Capital Ratio: FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA — 41.84% . The Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio is the most-watched US bank capital metric, measuring common equity against risk-weighted assets.

Ranked: 31 banks with reported data Showing: Top 31 Source: FFIEC call reports (Q1 2026) What is this metric? See the US Banks with … glossary entry
# Bank HQ US Banks with … Total Assets
1 Farmers and Merchants Bank of South Carolina Holly Hill , SC 41.84% $476.2M
2 Bank of York York , SC 32.46% $308.9M
3 Commercial Bank, the Honea Path , SC 29.88% $289.6M
4 Oconee Federal Savings and Loan Association Seneca , SC 24.39% $664.7M
5 First National Bank of South Carolina Holly Hill , SC 24.04% $310.4M
6 Pickens Savings and Loan Association, Federal Association Pickens , SC 21.47% $136.0M
7 Carolina Bank & Trust Company Lamar , SC 20.23% $830.6M
8 Security Federal Bank Aiken , SC 19.75% $1.56B
9 1st Federal Savings Bank of Sc, INC. Walterboro , SC 18.95% $153.1M
10 Conway National Bank, the Conway , SC 18.80% $1.94B
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11 Optus Bank Columbia , SC 18.68% $785.2M
12 Peoples Bank the Iva , SC 17.87% $443.8M
13 Citizens Bank, the Olanta , SC 16.96% $1.16B
14 Enterprise Bank of South Carolina Ehrhardt , SC 15.75% $522.2M
15 Bank of Travelers Rest Travelers Rest , SC 15.33% $1.60B
16 Countybank Greenwood , SC 15.20% $748.4M
17 Blue Ridge Bank Walhalla , SC 14.89% $195.2M
18 First Palmetto Bank Camden , SC 13.34% $1.08B
19 First Reliance Bank Florence , SC 13.04% $1.12B
20 Coastal Carolina National Bank Myrtle Beach , SC 12.89% $1.28B
21 First Community Bank Lexington , SC 12.82% $2.40B
22 Coastal States Bank Hilton Head Island , SC 12.19% $2.35B
23 United Community Bank Greenville , SC 12.19% $28.11B
24 Arthur State Bank Union , SC 12.17% $825.8M
25 Dedicated Community Bank Darlington , SC 11.90% $101.7M
26 Bank of the Lowcountry Walterboro , SC 11.83% $423.9M
27 Southern First Bank Greenville , SC 11.56% $4.58B
28 Anderson Brothers Bank Mullins , SC 11.47% $2.28B
29 South Atlantic Bank Myrtle Beach , SC 11.37% $1.93B
30 First Capital Bank Charleston , SC 10.95% $1.24B
31 Beacon Community Bank Mount Pleasant , SC 10.72% $971.7M

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All data sourced from the most recent FFIEC call report filings, refreshed each quarter as new filings are processed. This leaderboard excludes banks with total assets under $100,000K to filter out anomalous micro-bank ratios. See /data-updates/ for the current data freshness window.

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