Kate Berry has covered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for American Banker since 2016. She joined the publication in 2006 covering mortgage lending and the financial crisis. Berry also has covered big banks including Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo. She has won five awards from the Society of American Business Writers and Editors, and has worked at several news organizations including the Orange County Register, the Los Angeles Business Journal and the Associated Press. Berry began her career as a clerk at the New York Times.
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With billions of dollars at stake, financial institutions weighed in on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal to cut credit card late fees to $8, claiming, in part, that small banks and credit unions will suffer economic harm if the plan goes into effect as proposed.
May 24 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleged in 2020 that Citizens failed to investigate certain fraud claims and billing disputes. A key allegation was that the bank required customers to provide a notarized affidavit to support a fraud claim.
May 23 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alerted staff this week that text messages had been sent to employee personal phone numbers claiming to be from Director Rohit Chopra.
May 12 -
Speaking before the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's annual meeting, Treasury Undersecretary for Domestic Finance Nellie Liang said liquidity and interest rate risk in the banking sector is being managed, but said fears of risk mounting in the nonbank sector are a source of concern.
May 11 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a policy statement that banks risk violating the prohibition on "unfair acts and practices," by reopening a consumer's deposit account to process transactions after the account has already been closed.
May 10 -
Bank groups say the focus on capital rules in Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr's report on Silicon Valley Bank are misguided. Others say he should have named names.
April 28 -
The rush to onboard millions of business depositors in such a short period can strain bank resources, lead to mistakes, and cause some banks to fall behind in conducting due diligence on risky customers.
April 26 -
The four agencies did not issue new regulatory guidance but instead cited previous concerns about the potentially harmful uses of automated systems — including AI — that could contribute to unlawful discrimination.
April 25 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it is still working to notify consumers about the Feb. 14 breach in which a bank examiner sent personal information on 256,000 consumers and supervisory information on 45 institutions to his email.
April 24 -
A former employee at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent data on 256,000 consumers and dozens of companies to their personal email account.
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