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Field notes · Q2 2026

The 50 US banks with the fastest deposit growth, Q2 2026

Data from FFIEC call reports for the quarter ending June 30, 2026. Published September 20, 2026.

Short version: Of the 1,792 US banks holding at least $500M in assets that reported a year of deposit history for Q2 2026, the 50th-fastest came in at +41.81%. The median across the same group was +4.78%. The top of the table is Versabank USA of Holdingford, MN at +564.73%.

What you are looking at

Deposit growth is the year-on-year change in total deposits. It is the single most watched line in banking right now, because funding has been the binding constraint since 2023: a bank that is winning deposits can lend, and a bank that is not cannot, whatever its margin looks like.

Read it with the assets column beside it. Deposits and assets rising together by a similar large amount is almost always an acquisition or a charter consolidation rather than a branch out-competing the bank across the street.

The ranking is built from the FFIEC call reports filed for the period ending June 30, 2026 - the same data the BankingLens dashboard serves, not a sample. Two screens are applied before anything is sorted. Banks under $500M in total assets are left out, because at that size a single lumpy quarter moves a ratio further than any strategy would and a national list becomes a list of accidents. And a charter has to be in the banking business to be ranked: deposits worth at least a quarter of its assets, or loans worth at least a quarter of its assets. That second screen removes 11 trust and custody charters this quarter, whose ratios are arithmetic rather than performance.

1,792 banks clear both screens and reported a year of deposit history this quarter. 38 of the 50 below link to their own page, where the same figures sit beside the rest of the call report.

The 50 banks, ranked

Click a column header to sort. Deposits YoY is the headline number; Assets YoY is the tell for an acquisition: in a merger the deposit and asset columns move together.

# Bank HQ Asset band Deposits YoY Assets YoY Assets
1 Versabank USA Holdingford, MN $500M - $1B +564.73% +332.97% $912M
2 Beacon Bank & Trust Boston, MA $10B - $100B +302.01% +260.29% $22.2B
3 Nave Bank San Juan, PR $500M - $1B +148.92% +114.15% $555M
4 Fm Bank and Trust Blytheville, AR $1B - $3B +136.21% +141.89% $1.4B
5 Pinnacle Bank Nashville, TN Over $100B +125.94% +135.49% $128.8B
6 Servbank Oswego, IL $1B - $3B +123.20% +82.49% $1.7B
7 Maverick Bank Fort Davis, TX $500M - $1B +119.24% +122.07% $809M
8 Central Penn Bank & Trust Mifflinburg, PA $1B - $3B +117.83% +102.20% $1.3B
9 Column Chico, CA $1B - $3B +114.69% +112.10% $1.8B
10 Eagle Rock Bank Rochester, MN $500M - $1B +97.35% +86.30% $508M
11 American Pride Bank Macon, GA $1B - $3B +97.23% +86.84% $1.0B
12 Pibank Miami, FL $1B - $3B +94.11% +86.19% $2.4B
13 Newtek Bank Miami, FL $1B - $3B +91.89% +83.71% $2.5B
14 Sunflower Bank Dallas, TX $10B - $100B +87.03% +85.83% $15.7B
15 Lawrence Bank Nashville, TN $3B - $10B +83.44% +82.41% $3.0B
16 Midwest Heritage Bank, FSB West Des Moines, IA $500M - $1B +79.27% +56.32% $768M
17 Texas Traditions Bank Katy, TX $500M - $1B +74.02% +66.12% $556M
18 Oceanfirst Bank Toms River, NJ $10B - $100B +73.48% +75.08% $23.2B
19 Vallant Bank Elberton, GA $3B - $10B +70.36% +76.49% $4.0B
20 Anchor Bank Palm Beach Gardens, FL $500M - $1B +69.38% +59.87% $806M
21 Nicolet National Bank Green Bay, WI $10B - $100B +68.59% +72.60% $15.4B
22 Ballston Spa National Bank Ballston Spa, NY $1B - $3B +68.58% +50.06% $1.4B
23 Nelnet Bank Draper, UT $1B - $3B +63.52% +69.61% $3.0B
24 Lead Bank Kansas City, MO $1B - $3B +61.35% +58.29% $2.8B
25 Cornerstone Capital Bank, SSB Houston, TX $3B - $10B +59.77% +59.40% $3.7B
26 Capra Bank Dubuque, IA $1B - $3B +57.73% +74.26% $1.3B
27 Sofi Bank Cottonwood Heights, UT $10B - $100B +57.39% +56.60% $56.8B
28 Btg Pactual Bank New York, NY $500M - $1B +57.10% +144.88% $978M
29 Merchants & Marine Bank Pascagoula, MS $1B - $3B +56.78% +42.22% $1.3B
30 Chain Bridge Bank Mc Lean, VA $1B - $3B +54.98% +51.70% $2.2B
31 Liberty Capital Bank Addison, TX $500M - $1B +54.63% +51.97% $768M
32 Climate First Bank Saint Petersburg, FL $1B - $3B +53.81% +64.60% $1.9B
33 Safra National Bank of New York New York, NY $10B - $100B +53.35% +45.34% $15.7B
34 Millennium Bank Ooltewah, TN $500M - $1B +51.38% +48.40% $781M
35 High Plains Bank Flagler, CO $500M - $1B +50.93% +50.04% $643M
36 Square Financial Services, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT $1B - $3B +50.77% +77.91% $2.1B
37 Pacific Coast Bankers' Bank Walnut Creek, CA $1B - $3B +48.62% -2.79% $1.2B
38 First Resource Bank Lino Lakes, MN $1B - $3B +48.48% +47.38% $1.1B
39 Equity Bank Andover, KS $3B - $10B +47.93% +43.89% $7.7B
40 Needham Bank Needham, MA $3B - $10B +47.77% +44.68% $7.4B
41 Credit One Bank Las Vegas, NV $1B - $3B +47.32% +26.93% $2.4B
42 Cornerstone Bank Spencer, MA $1B - $3B +45.15% +49.01% $2.6B
43 Stride Bank Enid, OK $3B - $10B +44.97% +42.01% $5.4B
44 Bank Cmg Madison, WI $1B - $3B +44.65% +42.48% $1.1B
45 Commerceone Bank Birmingham, AL $1B - $3B +44.31% +39.37% $1.1B
46 Patriot Bank Stamford, CT $1B - $3B +43.55% +42.22% $1.3B
47 Fifth Third Bank Cincinnati, OH Over $100B +43.27% +42.93% $299.2B
48 RBC Bank (georgia) Atlanta, GA $3B - $10B +42.71% +39.74% $9.6B
49 Trupoint Bank Grundy, VA $500M - $1B +42.16% +41.21% $691M
50 The Bank of Missouri Perryville, MO $3B - $10B +41.81% +36.05% $4.2B

Source: FFIEC call report data for the quarter ending June 30, 2026. Universe: US banks with $500M or more in total assets that reported a year of deposit history and fund or lend like a bank. Sorted descending.

Leaders by asset size

A single national list on a ratio like this is really a list of business models, and the largest banks and the smallest ones are not competing with each other for anything. These are the leaders inside each asset band, which is the comparison a bank of that size would actually make.

# Bank HQ Deposits YoY Assets
$500M - $1B · 746 banks · median +4.34%
1 Versabank USA Holdingford, MN +564.73% $912M
2 Nave Bank San Juan, PR +148.92% $555M
3 Maverick Bank Fort Davis, TX +119.24% $809M
4 Eagle Rock Bank Rochester, MN +97.35% $508M
5 Midwest Heritage Bank, FSB West Des Moines, IA +79.27% $768M
$1B - $3B · 625 banks · median +4.90%
1 Fm Bank and Trust Blytheville, AR +136.21% $1.4B
2 Servbank Oswego, IL +123.20% $1.7B
3 Central Penn Bank & Trust Mifflinburg, PA +117.83% $1.3B
4 Column Chico, CA +114.69% $1.8B
5 American Pride Bank Macon, GA +97.23% $1.0B
$3B - $10B · 263 banks · median +5.42%
1 Lawrence Bank Nashville, TN +83.44% $3.0B
2 Vallant Bank Elberton, GA +70.36% $4.0B
3 Cornerstone Capital Bank, SSB Houston, TX +59.77% $3.7B
4 Equity Bank Andover, KS +47.93% $7.7B
5 Needham Bank Needham, MA +47.77% $7.4B
$10B - $100B · 126 banks · median +5.83%
1 Beacon Bank & Trust Boston, MA +302.01% $22.2B
2 Sunflower Bank Dallas, TX +87.03% $15.7B
3 Oceanfirst Bank Toms River, NJ +73.48% $23.2B
4 Nicolet National Bank Green Bay, WI +68.59% $15.4B
5 Sofi Bank Cottonwood Heights, UT +57.39% $56.8B
Over $100B · 32 banks · median +4.33%
1 Pinnacle Bank Nashville, TN +125.94% $128.8B
2 Fifth Third Bank Cincinnati, OH +43.27% $299.2B
3 Morgan Stanley Bank Salt Lake City, UT +39.32% $419.3B
4 The Huntington National Bank Columbus, OH +35.67% $283.1B
5 Goldman Sachs Bank USA New York, NY +21.27% $758.8B

Why the top of the list looks like this

The very top of this table is usually inorganic. A completed merger moves a year-on-year deposit line by a multiple that no amount of deposit gathering could, and a newly funded charter that started the year near zero can post a number in the hundreds of percent that says nothing about its franchise. Neither is hidden here - both are real filings, and the assets column makes them easy to spot - but neither is what most readers mean by deposit growth.

Below that, the growth divides by strategy. Banking-as-a-service and payments banks take deposits through partner platforms, which arrive quickly and can leave the same way. Digital-first banks buy growth with rate, which works until it has to be repriced. And a smaller group grows through ordinary commercial relationships, which is slower, cheaper and much harder for a competitor to take back.

The banks worth studying are the ones whose deposits grew materially faster than their assets. That combination means funding arrived ahead of the lending it will pay for, which is the position every bank wants going into a competitive quarter.

What deposit growth does not tell you

Growth says nothing about what the growth cost. A bank can add 20% to its deposits by paying up for brokered and rate-sensitive money, and the bill arrives in the cost of funds rather than here. The two tables are meant to be read together.

Nor does it say anything about stability. Deposits gathered through a single partner platform, or concentrated in a handful of large uninsured balances, can reverse in a quarter. Growth is only an advantage once it has stayed.

Which is why a ranking is a starting point rather than an answer. Every bank above has a page here carrying its full call report picture, and Bank Peer Intel on the dashboard puts each figure against the peer group the bank is actually measured in - percentile rank on every metric, fourteen quarters of trend, and the flags an examiner reaches for first. That is how you tell a structural result from a good quarter.

Methodology

Related reading

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