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Coinbase’s FOIA complaints against FDIC raise serious government transparency concerns 

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 01/31/2025

In the waning days of the Biden administration, whistleblowers and investigative journalists put forth alarming revelations of financial regulators jawboning banks to cut off services…

Government Transparency

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The Federal Reserve’s New Debit Card Rule Threatens Consumers and Banks

  • By: Iain Murray, Patricia Patnode
  • 01/28/2025

While some lawmakers and regulators are targeting credit cards, the Federal Reserve has plans for your debit card. The likely result will be…

Banking and Finance

The Cedar Rapids Gazette

Here’s how Iowa is involved in stopping controversial ‘debanking’

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 01/05/2025

Many Americans have recently been exposed to the troubling reality that their government may be encouraging banks to withdraw financial services from people or firms…

Banking and Finance

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The Bark and Bite of DOGE

  • By: James Broughel, Patricia Patnode
  • 12/23/2024

National Review cited CEI’s experts on the DOGE Iowa has also implemented successful bureaucratic process improvements by imitating business. In a paper for the Competitive…

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Elon Musk’s DOGE can learn from Iowa’s bold government overhaul | Opinion

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 12/08/2024

Iowa has started some regulatory reforms that set a good precedent for President-elect Donald Trump’s newly announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to be headed by…

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Debanking May Be a Problem for Melania Trump and Many Others

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 11/21/2024

In her new memoir, former First Lady Melania Trump reveals that she was abruptly dropped by a bank with which she had a long-standing financial relationship.

Banking and Finance

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