Category: Poverty & Welfare

SPPI Launches Champions Program

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date August 18, 2025
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New partnership program invites leaders to advance liberty, transparency, and prosperity across the nation.

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Out of One, Many

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington, D.C. — once the central regulator of financial services, now overshadowed by a growing patchwork of state attorneys general enforcement.

Why banks, payment networks, merchant servicers, and financial firms will face a harder four years, and what to do about it.

Tags Alternative Finance, Banking Compliance, Business Compliance Strategy, CFPB, Compliance Burden, Consumer Financial Protection, Consumer Protection, Consumer Rights, credit access, Credit Reporting Laws, Deregulation, economic liberty, FAIR Business Practices Act, Federal Deregulation, financial inclusion, Financial Regulatory Landscape, Financial Risk Management, Financial Services Regulation, Financial Transparency, Fintech Regulation, Free Market Policy, Junk Fee Laws, Legal Risk For Banks, Lending Restrictions, Market Innovation, Medical Debt Reporting, Merchant Cash Advance Regulation, Multi State Regulation, New York Attorney General, Payments Fraud, Peer To Peer Payments, Policy Analysis, Price Controls, Regulatory Compliance Challenges, Regulatory Patchwork, Small Business Finance, Southwest Public Policy Institute, State Attorneys General, State Consumer Laws, State Level Enforcement, State Versus Federal Regulation, Zelle Lawsuit

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The Southwest Public Policy Institute Proudly Presents: The Economic Dunce Award

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date July 19, 2025
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For exceptional achievement in ignoring market realities and promoting policies that backfire spectacularly.

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Unlicensed, Unregulated, Unpunished: Still No Justice in Tara Jaramillo’s Predatory Lending Scheme

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date July 18, 2025
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Tara Jaramillo’s payday lending scheme didn’t happen despite New Mexico’s interest rate cap: it happened because of it, with a little help from Fred Nathan and the price-fixing crusaders at Think New Mexico.

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‘Black Market Payday’ Makes Headlines: Unlicensed Lending by Tara Jaramillo

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date July 5, 2025
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Former representative Tara Jaramillo, CEO of Positive Outcomes, Inc. and alleged loan shark.

Price controls like New Mexico’s 36% APR cap have driven vulnerable workers into the hands of unlicensed lenders.

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Victory for Alaskans: Governor Mike Dunleavy Vetoes Harmful Price Control Bill

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date June 27, 2025
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The veto of Alaska’s SB 39 preserves critical credit access for underserved consumers and rejects the failed model of rate caps seen in New Mexico and Illinois.

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Report: Black Market Payday

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date June 24, 2025
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How government price controls created an illicit supply of emergency credit.

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SPPI Continues Global Engagement Through Partnership with Global Ties

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date June 23, 2025
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A visiting European delegation through Global Ties discussed how regional think tanks like SPPI influence U.S. foreign policy.

Tags Albuquerque Think Tank, Economic Development Policy, Education Reform, Global Engagement, Global Ties, International Delegation, International Visitor Leadership Program, NATO Challenges, Overton Window, Policy Dialogue, Policy Innovation, Political Discourse, Public Policy Institute, Regional Think Tanks, SPPI Events, Think Tank Exchange, Transatlantic Cooperation, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. State Department

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RealClearMarkets: The CFPB Is Making It Harder For You To Pay Your Bills

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date May 27, 2025
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The CFPB’s outdated rule on small-dollar lending punishes working-class Americans by restricting access to the very credit they rely on to make ends meet.

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An Overdue Course Correction at the CFPB

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date May 20, 2025
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Acting CFPB Director Russ Vought’s rollback of state enforcement overreach marks a critical return to legal restraint, restoring constitutional balance and regulatory clarity to America’s financial system.