RINCON — BB&T has promoted Taryn Knick to assistant vice president. Knick, who joined the bank in 1998, is a financial center leader in BB&T’s Rincon branch at 470 S. Columbia Avenue.

The Rincon native is a member of the Effingham County Exchange Club and a 2008 graduate of Leadership Effingham.

With $143.4 billion in assets, Winston-Salem, N.C.-based BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) is the nation’s 10th largest financial holding company. Founded in 1872, it operates more than 1,500 financial centers in 11 states and Washington, D.C. More information about the company is available at BBT.com.