Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union

Headquarters: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Charter: Credit Union
Assets: $144.0M
Fed district: St. Louis
Regulator: NCUA

13 published fees; none has a market median to compare yet.

Source: its fee schedule, read Oct 29, 2026.

Overview

Total assets
Q2 2026, quarter end
NCUA 5300 call report · Jun 30, 2026
Revenue
Q2 2026, one quarter
NCUA 5300 call report · Jun 30, 2026
Fee income
Q2 2026, one quarter
NCUA 5300 call report · Jun 30, 2026
Fee-income share of revenue
Not available
Peer figures could not be read
Not on file
Fees above the U.S. median
None compared
No fee has a median to compare
Fee schedule read Oct 29, 2026

How these figures are measured

Call-report figures are for Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union, from NCUA 5300 call reports. Revenue is interest income plus noninterest income.

Metric	Measure and calculation	Source and fields	Period	Retrieved
Total assets	Total assets at quarter end Point in time, at quarter end	NCUA 5300 call report Account 010	Q2 2026 Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026	Oct 20, 2026
Revenue	Revenue (interest + noninterest income) Standalone quarter: year to date less the prior quarter (Q1 as filed)	NCUA 5300 call report Account 115 + Account 117	Q2 2026 Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026	Oct 20, 2026
Fee income	Fee income (NCUA 5300 Account 131) Standalone quarter: year to date less the prior quarter (Q1 as filed)	NCUA 5300 call report Account 131	Q2 2026 Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026	Oct 20, 2026
Fee-income share of revenue	Fee income (NCUA 5300 Account 131) divided by revenue (interest + noninterest income) Shown when at least 10 credit unions of its size report a share above 0%.	Not on file	Not on file	Not recorded
Fees above the U.S. median	Published fees above the U.S. median for the same fee Within 1% of the median counts as about the same. Business-only fees are left out.	Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union's published fee schedule; Bank Fee Index medians	Current schedule	Oct 29, 2026

Fee income by quarter

Q1 2024 to Q2 2026, standalone quarters

Details

Source: NCUA 5300 call report
Entity: Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union (credit union)
Period: Q1 2024 to Q2 2026, 10 quarters
Measure: Fee income (NCUA 5300 Account 131)
Calculation: Standalone quarter: year to date less the prior quarter (Q1 as filed)
Fields: Account 131
Retrieved: Oct 20, 2026

What stands out

Fee income was $167K in Q2 2026, 2.9% below the same quarter a year earlier ($172K).
Not established: Two quarters a year apart are two observations, not an established trend in fee income.

Fees against the market

Comparison with U.S. medians for fees published by banks and credit unions.

Overdraft (OD)
Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union: $25
Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union: $25
U.S. median: no median
Non-Network ATM
Compared at $0.75, the middle of its prices
Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union: $0.50 to $1
Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union: $0.50 to $1
U.S. median: no median
Wire Transfer (Domestic Out)
Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union: $15
Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union: $15
U.S. median: no median

A blank median means fewer than 5 publish the fee.

Published schedulesBanks and credit unionsRead Oct 29, 2026View sources

Each amount links to the fee schedule it was read from. Medians for Arkansas, the St. Louis district and the U.S.: Bank Fee Index published fees, shown where at least 5 institutions publish the fee.

Compared at: The value this page compares: its one price, or the middle of its prices when it lists several (the highest, its standard fee, for overdraft).
Same rules: Its fees and every median use the same rules. Business-only fees are left out. So are CD, IRA, card inactivity, box drilling and key fees filed under a fee they don’t match, and fees charged by a different period than the median (a quarterly fee beside monthly ones).
Arkansas: Banks and credit unions headquartered in Arkansas that publish the fee.
St. Louis district: Banks and credit unions headquartered in the St. Louis Fed district that publish the fee.
U.S.: Banks and credit unions across the Bank Fee Index that publish the fee.
About the same: Within 1% of the median.
Account: Fees not tied to a named account apply across its personal accounts.

Fee income beside fee prices

Fee income rose 5.7% from Q3 2025 to Q2 2026, to $167K.

Fee income, Q2 2026

$167K

$158KQ3 2025

$151KQ4 2025

$145KQ1 2026

$167KQ2 2026

Against the median

Arkansas Best Federal Credit UnionMedian

Sources and open questions

NCUA 5300 call reports, credit union level, standalone quarters. Four quarters are too few to call a trend.

Which fees make up most of fee income, and has that mix changed?

Among its peers

Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union · $144M in assets

The 25 credit unions closest in assets

Credit unions of similar size, for comparing published prices. Not local competitors: they're spread over 16 states.

Credit unions only
$140M to $148M in assets
Headquartered in 16 states

See the 25 institutions

The institutions in this peer set, with the fees each publishes
Institution	City, state	Assets	Maintenance	ATM	Domestic wire	Intl. wire	Overdraft
Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union(this institution)	Fort Smith, AR	$144M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Baptist Health South Florida Federal Credit Union	Miami, FL	$140M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Buffalo Metropolitan Federal Credit Union	Buffalo, NY	$144M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Overdraft not published
Celco Community Federal Credit Union	Narrows, VA	$144M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	Publishes International wire	Overdraft not published
Central Missouri Community Federal Credit Union	Warrensburg, MO	$140M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Cheney Federal Credit Union	Cheney, WA	$148M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Overdraft not published
Community Powered Federal Credit Union	Bear, DE	$142M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
East County Schools Federal Credit Union	El Cajon, CA	$147M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Overdraft not published
Financialedge Federal Credit Union	Bay City, MI	$147M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Florida West Coast Federal Credit Union	Brandon, FL	$144M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Hawaii County Employees Federal Credit Union	Hilo, HI	$148M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Overdraft not published
Heart Of Louisiana Federal Credit Union	Pineville, LA	$143M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Lenco Federal Credit Union	Adrian, MI	$145M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Market USA Federal Credit Union	Laurel, MD	$142M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Maui Federal Credit Union	Kahului, HI	$146M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Overdraft not published
Meridia Community Federal Credit Union	Hamburg, NY	$144M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
North Alabama Educators Federal Credit Union	Huntsville, AL	$143M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Pacific Horizon Federal Credit Union	Springville, UT	$141M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Quantum Federal Credit Union	Wichita, KS	$143M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
R T P Federal Credit Union	Rtp, NC	$142M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Siskiyou Federal Credit Union	Yreka, CA	$144M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Syracuse Fire Department Employees Federal Credit Union	Syracuse, NY	$147M	Monthly maintenance not published	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Overdraft not published
Tru Fi Federal Credit Union	Macclenny, FL	$146M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft
Wcla Federal Credit Union	Olympia, WA	$142M	Monthly maintenance not published	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Overdraft not published
West Virginia Federal Credit Union	South Charleston, WV	$142M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Out-of-network ATM not published	Publishes Domestic wire	Publishes International wire	Publishes Overdraft
Xplore Federal Credit Union	Metairie, LA	$147M	Publishes Monthly maintenance	Publishes Out-of-network ATM	Domestic wire not published	International wire not published	Publishes Overdraft

✓ publishes the fee. – not published.

25 peers selected · 10 publish this fee(monthly maintenance)

15 don't publish it: shown as not published, never as zero.

Fee type

Peer pricing snapshot

Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union does not publish a monthly maintenance fee in the index.

The peer median is $5 among 10 publishing peers.

This describes published pricing only. Account mix, waivers and actual fee revenue are not represented.

Source: Bank Fee Index, published fee schedules, as of Nov 2, 2026.

Monthly maintenance fee in dollars, one mark per institution

Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union does not publish a monthly maintenance fee, so it is not on this chart.

Arkansas Best Federal Cre…Peer (equal prices stack)Peer medianInclude 4 outliers ($2.50, $3, $6, $12.50)Shown past the axis break, not to scale, so the rest of the set has room.

Hamilton is the Fee Insight workspace for pricing teams.

Source: Bank Fee Index, published fee schedules, as of Nov 2, 2026. Total assets from FDIC and NCUA records.

How peers are chosen and counted

Every set except Home metro keeps the institution's own charter: banks against banks, credit unions against credit unions.
The set shown first is the first in the list with a peer median for each overdraft and monthly maintenance fee this institution publishes. If none has them all, it is the set with the most.
Closest in assets takes the institutions nearest its total assets among those that publish fees.
Home metro is the metro where it has the most branches. It counts the banks with a branch there (FDIC Summary of Deposits) and the credit unions with a branch in one of the metro's cities (NCUA). Banks only leaves the credit unions out.
State and Fed district count institutions headquartered there. Size uses its asset-size band.
Regulator uses the bank's primary federal regulator; for a credit union, its federal or state charter.
A set lists the institutions that publish at least one fee. This institution is not counted in its own set.
Each institution counts once per fee: the middle of its prices, or for overdraft its highest.
A peer median needs at least 8 peers that publish the fee. With fewer, the fee reads "too few to compare".
A fee an institution does not publish is shown as not published, never as zero.
About the same: within 1% of the median, in this section and everywhere on this page. Above or below means further than that.
A set with more than 50 peers shows the 50 closest in assets. Its medians and counts still use every peer in the set.

Financial performance

Call reports for Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union (credit union). Income lines are standalone quarters.

Measure

Fee income

Q3 2024 to Q2 2026, standalone quarters · 66 quarters on file

Latest, Q2 2026: $167K
vs prior quarter: +$22K+15.2%; from Q1 2026
vs a year earlier: −$5K−2.9%; from Q2 2025
vs start of range: −$4K−2.3%; from Q3 2024

Details

Source: NCUA 5300 call report
Entity: Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union (credit union)
Period: Q3 2024 to Q2 2026, 8 quarters
Measure: Fee income (NCUA 5300 Account 131)
Calculation: Standalone quarter: year to date less the prior quarter (Q1 as filed)
Fields: Account 131
Retrieved: Oct 20, 2026

Table

Quarter	Amount	Change	%
Q2 2026	$167K	+$22K	+15.2%
Q1 2026	$145K	−$6K	−4.0%
Q4 2025	$151K	−$7K	−4.4%
Q3 2025	$158K	−$14K	−8.1%
Q2 2025	$172K	+$20K	+13.2%
Q1 2025	$152K	−$16K	−9.5%
Q4 2024	$168K	−$3K	−1.8%
Q3 2024	$171K	−$28K	−14.1%

Fee-income share against its size cohort

Insufficient sample: fewer than 10 peers of its size reported a share.

Published fee schedule

Amounts from Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union’s own schedules, with a source for each figure.

Account Maintenance

Inactive Account$5
Not compared: Quarterly charge, not monthly
per quarter
Account Research$25
Not compared: Charged per hour; comparison unavailable
per hour
Paper Statement$1
Bad Address/Returned Mail$5
Not compared: Per-item charge, not monthly
per item

Overdraft & NSF

ACH Paid Overdraft$25
per item
Check Overdraft Paid$25
per item
Debit Card Overdraft Paid$25
per item

ATM & Card

ATM Balance Inquiry (First 5 Free)$0.50
per item
ATM Foreign Transaction (First 5 Free)$1
per item
Card Replacement$7
per item

Wire Transfers

Bank Wire (Outgoing)$15
per item
Bank Wire (Incoming)$10
per item

Check Services

Cashier's Check$2
per item
Stop Payment$25
per item

Digital & Electronic

ACH Return$25

Cash & Deposit

Deposit Item Return$20
per item

Account Services

Levy / Garnishment$25
per item

Gift & Prepaid Cards

Gift Cards$4.50
per item

Other Fees

Fed Ex$42
per item
Document Copy$1
Not compared: Charged per page; comparison unavailable
per page

Fee	Amount	Basis	Note
Account Maintenance
Inactive Account	$5Not compared: Quarterly charge, not monthly	per quarter	None
Account Research	$25Not compared: Charged per hour; comparison unavailable	per hour	None
Paper Statement	$1	Not stated	None
Bad Address/Returned Mail	$5Not compared: Per-item charge, not monthly	per item	None
Overdraft & NSF
ACH Paid Overdraft	$25	per item	None
Check Overdraft Paid	$25	per item	None
Debit Card Overdraft Paid	$25	per item	None
ATM & Card
ATM Balance Inquiry (First 5 Free)	$0.50	per item	None
ATM Foreign Transaction (First 5 Free)	$1	per item	None
Card Replacement	$7	per item	None
Wire Transfers
Bank Wire (Outgoing)	$15	per item	None
Bank Wire (Incoming)	$10	per item	None
Check Services
Cashier's Check	$2	per item	None
Stop Payment	$25	per item	None
Digital & Electronic
ACH Return	$25	Not stated	None
Cash & Deposit
Deposit Item Return	$20	per item	None
Account Services
Levy / Garnishment	$25	per item	None
Gift & Prepaid Cards
Gift Cards	$4.50	per item	None
Other Fees
Fed Ex	$42	per item	None
Document Copy	$1Not compared: Charged per page; comparison unavailable	per page	None

Correct a fee source

Oct 29, 2026 data snapshot. Each amount links to its fee schedule. The U.S. comparison is the middle 50% of Bank Fee Index published fees, shown where at least 5 institutions publish the fee.

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