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    Mortgage Bankers Association’s tri-merge credit reporting reform pushes risky overhaul

    Proposal strips critical safeguards and shifts long-term costs on to American borrowers.

    Originally published inThe Washington Times

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  April 21, 2026

  • White Paper No. 9

    Rolling the Dice

    Procurement failures and vendor transition risks threaten the New Mexico Lottery.

    Patrick M. Brenner and Zachary Fort  |  March 23, 2026

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    Weakening Tri-Merge Would Make Housing Less Affordable

    Why cutting credit reporting costs won’t fix housing affordability, and may make it worse.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  February 6, 2026

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    Credit Card Rate Caps Will Lead To a Shortage of Credit Cards

    Why a national credit card rate cap would shrink access and worsen inequality.

    Originally published inRealClearMarkets

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  January 15, 2026

  • Policy Brief

    Corner Post v. Federal Reserve: What’s Really at Stake in the Durbin Debacle

    Price controls could disrupt debit and credit card transactions nationwide, reshaping everyday payments.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  December 25, 2025

  • Policy Brief

    The CFPB’s Open Banking Mandate Is About to Break Rent

    The CFPB’s open banking mandate, the 1033 rule, poses a critical risk to America’s rent payments.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  December 15, 2025

  • White Paper No. 8

    1033 Error, Rule Not Sound

    The CFPB’s open-banking mandate endangers consumers.

    Patrick M. Brenner and Lucas J. Parker  |  November 24, 2025

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    Stablecoin Rewards Are the Shortcut to Financial Trouble

    Why should Congress uphold the GENIUS Act’s ban on stablecoin rewards to prevent digital money from becoming digital debt?

    Originally published inRealClearMarkets

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  November 6, 2025

  • Policy Brief

    Vought Charts New Path for the CFPB

    Russell Vought signals a shift toward proportional, efficient regulation after years of CFPB overreach under Rohit Chopra.

    Lucas J. Parker  |  October 4, 2025

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    Access Granted

    Nationwide, chambers of commerce have mislabeled legitimate data aggregation as phishing to cover for their own digital security failures.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  June 21, 2025

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