What banks are rated highly in North Carolina?

According to Echo Partners, a national organization dedicated to serving the needs of community banks, First Federal Bank in Dunn, North Carolina is one of several five-star banks in the state. Coastal Bank & Trust in Jacksonville and Great States Bank In Wilkesboro are also five-star banks.

Echo Partners ranks banks on a scale from one (worst) to five (best) based on bank asset quality, capital, earnings, interest rate risk, liquidity, and operations. Other highly rated banks in the state include the four-star rated Bank of America National Association in Charlotte, and the four-star rated Mechanics & Farmers Bank in Durham.