 Community First Bancshares, Inc. CFBI CFBI, the parent company of Newton Federal Bank, and ABB Financial Group, Inc. ABB, parent company of Affinity Bank, announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby CFBI has agreed to acquire ABB and its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Affinity Bank, in an all-cash transaction. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of each company and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019 or the first quarter of 2020. 