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Patrick M. Brenner

Patrick M. Brenner

President of Southwest Public Policy Institute

Aug 13, 2026

15:06
Can you give us a preview of some big policy issues that you'll be tackling next? I know you kind of alluded to some of them earlier.
15:12
That is one of them.
15:13
We're working right now on some research.
15:17
We just published a white paper earlier this week called Application Pending, taking a look at bank charters and incorporating the issue of national charters and how non-depository institutions are seeking to acquire banks that already have a national charter.
15:38
And this is a problem with mergers and acquisitions.
15:41
This is a problem with banking charters.
15:43
This is a problem with the politicization of the charter application process and the regulatory bodies that are responsible for overseeing the charter approval process.

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28:37
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