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Rita Lowman, in what's basically Act 3 of a long and distinguished banking life, talks about her career today with the zeal of a new employee.

Lowman essentially has two banking gigs. She's chairwoman of the Florida Bankers Association, one of the more prominent lobbying and advocacy groups in the state. Lowman is the third woman in the history of the 130-year-old group to hold the chair position. At the same time, Lowman is president of Tampa-based Pilot Bank, a $293 million-asset institution with four offices in Tampa and a fifth location in Lakeland.

Both organizations in Lowman's orbit have been spinning quickly.