Bank Nerd Corner welcomes Chris Nichols, the director of capital markets at SouthState Bank Corp., for the inaugural episode of Banker’s Hours. 

Banker’s Hours explores the personalities in banking for some real talk on important, interesting and fun topics. 

Chris is a writer in addition to being a banker. He shares why he gives so many secrets away in his popular financial blog “Banker to Banker” and how he identifies operational, performance or technology topics to write about. We discuss tech hot topics like cryptocurrency, stablecoins and artificial intelligence, but also old standbys like deposits and profitability. Chris shares his thoughts on his favorite nonbank topics and a small banking hill he’ll die on. 

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Read Banker to Banker here: https://southstatecorrespondent.com/category/banker-to-banker/

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