Public finance veteran and fintech operations leader join Institute’s leadership team to advance economic opportunity.
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American Banker: Out of One, Many
As CFPB retreats, the new danger is a jumble of state-level mandates.
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Out of One, Many
Why banks, payment networks, merchant servicers, and financial firms will face a harder four years, and what to do about it.
Arizona’s HB 2629 stealthily caps interchange fees by targeting sales tax, bypassing federal oversight while shifting costs to consumers and small businesses.
SPPI heads to Las Vegas for the Online Lenders Alliance’s annual Tribal Lending Conference to connect with industry leaders and tackle the future of financial services.
We are excited to announce that Patrick M. Brenner, President of the Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI), will be attending this year’s Lend360 conference in Nashville! As one of the leading voices in financial services policy, Patrick will be on-site to discuss SPPI’s latest groundbreaking research advocating for the online lending industry. At SPPI, we […]
John Eastman’s plight highlights a concerning trend towards using economic leverage for political and social control, resembling aspects of China’s Social Credit System.
The 2022 passage of House Bill 132, which set a stringent cap of 36% on interest rates for consumer loans, is having its intended and significant repercussions on New Mexico’s financial landscape. This was no accident: by restricting the interest rates that small-dollar lenders can charge, the rate cap effectively marginalized an entire segment of […]
Last week, the Southwest Public Policy Institute joined Carrie Sheffield from the Independent Women’s Forum, Tirzah Duren from the American Consumer Institute, and Ann Petros from the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions for the panel discussion “Protecting Lending Services For Unbanked, Low-Income Americans”, part of IWF’s Center for Economic Opportunity Policy Chat series. In […]
SPPI shares insights on the impact of the war on specialized emergency lending at AFSA’s conference in Las Vegas.