First Security Bank

When James Horton accepted the chief operating officer role at First Security Bank, it represented the closing of a circle in more ways than one. Not only is Horton in his hometown of Searcy with the job, but it caps a career with the bank that started at a tender age in the humblest of roles.

“I started with First Security Bank right out of high school in 1997, and I worked in banking my entire college career,” he said. “When I started with the bank, I actually started as a courier and then went into the mail room. I started literally at the bottom.

“My marketing degree had a logistics emphasis, and I thought I was going to go into logistics, but when I graduated college, I found out real quick that I could work in logistics on a dock out in the elements, working all days of the week and holidays, or I could stay with banking, which I was really enjoying, and work inside on a normal schedule. I stuck with banking and have not looked back.”

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