Atlanta
Community First Bancshares, MHC (CFB MHC), Covington, Georgia, and Community First Bancshares, Inc. (CFB) -- (1) to become bank holding companies by acquiring ABB Financial Group, Inc., Atlanta, and Affinity Bank; (2) to retain ownership of Newton Federal Bank, Covington, for the time CFB MHC and CFB are bank holding companies and thereby engage in operating a savings association; and (3) for CFB MHC to become a mutual savings and loan holding company (SLHC) and for CFB to become a mid-tier SLHC following the merger of Affinity Bank and Newton Federal Bank.
-Approved, December 13, 2019
(A/C)