How to Join the Community Banking Advisory Network (CBAN)

Joining CBAN is the best decision you can make to promote your firm’s community banking accounting and consulting services.

• Affiliation with a Premier Association: Become a CBAN member and show your clients that your firm belongs to an organization of highly experienced professionals dedicated to serving the unique needs and demands of the community banking industry.
• Network with Those in the Know: From ListServ postings to joining a committee or attending a conference, CBAN members enjoy a number of opportunities to discuss ideas and other current issues facing the banking industry accounting with peers.
• Exclusive Membership: In general, each member firm holds the exclusive territorial rights of membership in its Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Annual dues are determined in part by the number and size of the MSA of the member firm.
  Please contact Patrick Pruett, CBAN Executive Director at 800-231-2524 or email patrick@the-apa.com to determine if your firm is eligible for membership prior to submitting your application.
• Access to Marketing Services: CBAN members exchange many marketing concepts and share materials to help develop, grow and promote their firm’s community banking service niche.
• Continuing Education & Professional Development: Members stay current with regulations and other important issues facing community banks through CBAN’s ListServ (electronic e-mail bulletin board system) as well as the annual niche building conference and industry roundtables.

• $1,695 annual membership dues (based on territorial structure). Contact Patrick Pruett, Executive Director for more information.)
• $1,500 one-time enrollment fee

  Download a membership application (PDF)