Listen: Street Talk | Episode 106: Bank may want to shrink rather than pay up for loan growth

As deposit competition intensifies, banks should consider slowing or even stopping growing to mitigate credit risk and threats to their net interest margins, according to South State Bank Director of Capital Markets Chris Nichols. The episode features a discussion on the pitfalls of competing for deposits just with rates and why banks should rethink their growth goals at this point in the interest rate and credit cycle between Nichols and S&P Global Market Intelligence co-hosts Nathan Stovall, director of financial institutions research, and Maureen McKenna, who oversees the firm's commercial bank solutions and community bankers conference.