CBAO News

Community Bankers Association of Ohio Partners with Lenderful Solutions
Columbus, OH, July 14, 2022 – The Community Bankers Association of Ohio Service Corporation (CBAO-SC) recently entered a partnership with Lenderful Solutions to provide CBAO members with a quick-to-market and cost-effective POS digital lending solution.   Read More >>

Community Bankers Association of Ohio Announces Promotion of Aza Bittinger Jr. to President and Chief Executive Officer
Columbus, OH, May 24, 2022 – The Community Bankers Association of Ohio (CBAO) is pleased to announce the promotion of Aza Bittinger Jr. from President and Chief Operating Officer to President and Chief Executive Officer effective July 1, 2022.   Read More >>

Community Bankers Association of Ohio Announces the Retirement of Robert L. Palmer
Columbus, OH, May 20, 2022 – The Community Bankers Association of Ohio (CBAO) announces that Robert Palmer will retire as CEO after more than two decades of leading the Association.  Read More >>

Community Bankers Association of Ohio Engages Porter Wright to Advocate on Behalf of Ohio Community Banks
Columbus, OH, March 15, 2022 – The Community Bankers Association of Ohio (CBAO) is pleased to announce that it has retained Porter Wright to represent CBAO at the statehouse and further the association’s legislative advocacy on behalf of the Ohio community banking industry. The firm has extensive experience in the financial industry and provides a wealth of expertise to further the legislative activity and resources provided by the association.  Read More >>

Community Bankers Association of Ohio Offers Access to Bankers Helping Bankers for Its Member Banks
Columbus, OH, December 22, 2021 – The Community Bankers Association of Ohio (CBAO) is pleased to announce its participation with the FedFis and state community banking associations nationwide to offer access to Bankers Helping Bankers to its member banks in Ohio.   Read More >>

Community Bankers Association of Ohio Announces FiNet as a Strategic Sponsor
Columbus, OH – February 10, 2021 – Columbus, OH – The Community Bankers Association of Ohio is pleased to announce FiNet as the exclusive Strategic Sponsor for CBAO’s premier networking and educational events. Serving as a CBAO partner since 1997, FiNet provides customized merchant services programs to community banks across Ohio.   Read More >>

Judicial win for Ohio’s community banks
Columbus, OH, December 7, 2020 – The Supreme Court of Ohio unanimously ruled reversing the decision of the 11th District Court of Appeals in Portage County reinstating the trial court’s decision and judgment in favor of Sutton Bank. Supreme Court. Case no. 2019-1314. Read More >>

Community Bankers Association of Ohio Partners with Main Street Inc.
Columbus, OH, June 25, 2020 – The Community Bankers Association of Ohio Service Corporation (CBAO-SC) recently entered a partnership with Main Street Inc. to provide CBAO members with affordable and effective check printing services and data-driven marketing solutions to engage with current and prospective financial institutions. Read More >>

Community banks remain strong during COVID-19 Pandemic
Columbus, OH, March 23, 2020 – Today we face an invisible enemy, the threat of a global pandemic. We pray for an effective vaccine for COVID-19 and for the swift recovery of its victims. As community bankers, we have a duty to safeguard the modern economy and the millions of people who rely upon it — our friends, neighbors, communities, and loved ones. A responsibility we accept every day without hesitation. Read More >>

Community Bankers Association of Ohio Announces Promotion of Aza Bittinger Jr. to COO
Columbus, OH, January 9, 2018 – Community Bankers Association of Ohio (CBAO), the financial trade association exclusively representing Ohio's community bank and thrift institutions, announces the promotion of Aza Bittinger Jr. to Chief Operating Officer effective January 1, 2018.  Read More >>

Community Bankers Association of Ohio Opens Registration for Their 43rd Annual Convention & Trade Show

Columbus, OH, June 19, 2017 – Community Bankers Association of Ohio (CBAO) announced today that registration is open for their 2017 Annual Convention & Trade Show, hosted at The Westin in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.  Read More >>

CBAO to Meet with Ohio Congressional Delegation in Washington, D.C.

Columbus, OH, April 12, 2017 – Community Bankers Association of Ohio (CBAO) announced today they will be heading to Washington, D.C., along with leadership from Ohio’s community banks, to meet with members of the Ohio Congressional Delegation to discuss regulatory changes for community banks. Read More >>

Community Bankers Association of Ohio Endorses ICBA Bancard

Washington, D.C., April 11, 2017 – ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA), has been endorsed by the Community Bankers Association of Ohio (CBAO). This marks the 36th state banking association to give its seal of approval to ICBA Bancard, which provides credit, debit, small business and prepaid banking solutions, to community banks. Read More >>

Columbus State Program to Train New Generation of Bankers
Mark Williams, Columbus Dispatch, March 31, 2017 – Columbus State Community College is launching a new program meant to train the next generation of bankers. The school, in conjunction with Heartland BancCorp and the Community Bankers Association of Ohio, has created a certificate of banking fundamentals program. Read More >>

New Banking and College Partnership Offering Training Certificate for Bankers
Columbus, Ohio, March 23, 2017 – The Community Bankers Association of Ohio (“CBAO”), today announced it is partnering with Columbus State Community College and the Heartland BancCorp to create a Certificate of Banking Fundamentals program. This partnership is designed to train the next generation of community bankers. Read More >>

Small Banks Have Most to Gain from Trump
Jeremy Nobile, Crain's Cleveland Business, March 7, 2017 – Some recent executive orders setting wheels in motion for deregulation in financial services may be the harbinger of regulatory relief that financial institutions have longed for since the inception of the Dodd-Frank Act. Read More >>