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    NAIC Transparency and Accountability Act

    Michigan has required the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to report to its legislature since 1998. Forty-nine states have not. Model legislation, free to adopt, from the Southwest Public Policy Institute.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  August 28, 2026

  • Press Release

    SPPI Names Gregory A. Schroeder Executive Vice President

    Lending and mortgage veteran will guide the institute’s work on credit access and consumer finance.

    Southwest Public Policy Institute  |  August 27, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    Indebted Americans need help, not restrictions on settlement services

    According to research from The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, roughly 60% of the 175 million American adults holding credit cards carry a balance.

    Originally published inAmerican Banker

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  August 26, 2026

  • White Paper No. 11

    Fifty-Five Percent

    Senator Elizabeth Warren’s own evidence explains the price she objects to and why blocking charters would shrink credit for the households most in need.

    Patrick M. Brenner and Gregory A. Schroeder  |  August 15, 2026

  • Coalition Letter

    SPPI Joins Coalition: Judge Bank Applications on the Statute, Not the Comment File

    A new SPPI report supplies the evidentiary record: 68 million Americans live in counties with no community bank headquarters, and rate caps move credit up the income ladder rather than lowering its price.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  August 15, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    The dangerous politicization of bank charters

    The U.S. has a financial inclusion crisis. Some special interest groups want to solve it by making it harder to start a bank. That makes no sense. Millions of Americans remain underserved by traditional banks. According…

    Originally published inThe Hill

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  August 11, 2026

  • White Paper No. 10

    Application Pending

    68 million votes for more banks: how the campaign to politicize bank charters shrinks credit for households.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  August 3, 2026

  • Policy Brief

    Regulation Without Disclosure

    What the GAO’s review of the NAIC means for insurance consumers.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  July 29, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    The Costly Campaign to Politicize Bank Charters

    Washington is locked in a high-stakes duel over the future of American banking. On July 21, leaders of the House Financial Services Committee—including Chairman French Hill and Subcommittee Chairman Andy Barr—pressed the Federal Reserve to end…

    Originally published inRealClearMarkets

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  July 28, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    There’s No Such Thing as Free Data

    The government should allow banks and software companies to negotiate the price of financial data freely.

    Originally published inNational Review

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  July 27, 2026

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