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.
-
Banks and credit unions are trying to stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from allowing consumers to rank how companies handle complaints on a one- to five-star scale.
January 13 -
Bankers are trying to stop the CFPB from allowing consumers to rank how companies handle complaints on a one- to five-star scale and to publish narratives of consumer experiences in an online public database.
January 13 -
A top official with the incoming Trump administration said Thursday that the president-elect is considering former Rep. Randy Neugebauer to run the CFPB, the first clear sign that he intends to dismiss Richard Cordray.
January 12 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday warned about the risks of the online debt sales, alleging that sensitive personal and financial information is available in some instances to any visitor to a debt marketplace website.
January 12 -
Sen. Elizabeth Warren rallied progressives on Tuesday night to launch a campaign to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Dodd-Frank Act.
January 11 -
Wells Fargo announced it was making changes to the way it pays branch employees as the bank tries to repair the damage from its phony account scandal last year.
January 10 -
House Democrats sent a letter Tuesday to President-elect Donald J. Trump, urging him to reject calls by Republicans to fire Richard Cordray.
January 10 -
Two Republican senators sent a letter to Vice President-elect Mike Pence calling for the removal of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray.
January 10 -
Two Republican senators sent a letter to Vice President-elect Mike Pence calling for the removal of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray.
January 10 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday announced several changes to its senior management team.
January 6 -
Wells Fargo's retail-banking chief will unveil the bank's new compensation plan next week.
January 6 -
A California consumer group on Thursday urged the Senate Finance Committee to delay an upcoming nomination hearing into Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin after a leaked 2013 memo described alleged illegal foreclosure practices at OneWest Bank when he was chairman and CEO.
January 5 -
A California consumer group on Thursday urged the Senate Finance Committee to delay Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin's nomination hearing after a leaked 2013 memo described alleged illegal foreclosure practices at OneWest Bank when he was chairman and CEO.
January 5 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces a precarious and uncertain future in 2017 with all eyes focused on two questions: whether President-elect Donald Trump will attempt to fire agency director Richard Cordray and if Congress can successfully restructure the agency by changing its leadership and funding.
December 27 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces a precarious and uncertain future in 2017 with all eyes focused on two questions: whether President-elect Donald Trump will attempt to fire agency director Richard Cordray and if Congress can successfully restructure the agency by changing its leadership and funding.
December 27 -
Opposition is lining up against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus arbitration plan. A Republican-controlled Congress is expected to overturn a final rule even as industry groups file lawsuits to stop it from going into effect. Some attorneys think the arbitration rule-making is already dead on arrival.
December 22 -
Opposition is lining up against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus arbitration plan. A Republican-controlled Congress is expected to overturn a final rule even as industry groups file lawsuits to stop it from going into effect. Some attorneys think the arbitration rulemaking is already dead on arrival.
December 22 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday said Moneytree Inc. mislead consumers about the price of its check-cashing services, falsely threatened to repossess vehicles and withdrew funds from consumers' accounts without authorization.
December 16 -
A public interest law firm filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for failing to produce documents that showed how the agency decided to ban mandatory arbitration clauses.
December 14 -
The California Department of Insurance launched an investigation Monday into allegations that Wells Fargo employees signed up consumers for Prudential Insurance policies without their authorization.
December 12
