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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Banking trade groups are asking the government to issue additional regulations to block the CFPB from seeking more data from FIs.
July 21 -
Bankers are taking the unusual step of asking the government for additional regulations ones that can be used to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from seeking more data from financial institutions.
July 21 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday promoted three CFPB officials to new leadership positions.
July 21 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday promoted three CFPB officials to new leadership positions.
July 20 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus fifth anniversary marks an important shift for the agency in which it pivots from rules required by the Dodd-Frank Act to pursuing other areas.
July 20 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's fifth anniversary marks an important shift for the agency in which it pivots from rules required by the Dodd-Frank Act to pursuing other areas.
July 20 -
Congress appears to have reached an overwhelming consensus of support for small bank carve-outs with 70% of the Senate called for the CFPB to exempt credit unions and community banks from certain regulations. Whether signing a letter of support will make a difference in the debate is unclear.
July 19 -
Congress appears to have reached an overwhelming consensus of support for small bank carve-outs with 70% of the Senate called for the CFPB to exempt credit unions and community banks from certain regulations. Whether signing a letter of support will make a difference in the debate is unclear.
July 19 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to unveil a proposal on July 28 that would regulate debt collection practices.
July 15 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to unveil a proposal on July 28 that would regulate debt collection practices.
July 15 -
Santander Bank will pay a $10 million fine for charging illegal overdraft fees and for signing up consumers for overdraft services without their consent, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday.
July 14 -
Installment lenders are concerned that efforts by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to curb the most abusive and predatory practices associated with payday loans will wreak havoc on their business.
July 6 -
Installment lenders are concerned that efforts by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to curb the most abusive and predatory practices associated with payday loans will wreak havoc on their business.
July 6 -
Critics of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau think there's renewed chance to change the regulator's structure. They point to the upcoming presidential election and recent setbacks to CFPB Director Richard Cordray as laying groundwork for a change.
July 5 -
Some critics of the bureau think there is a renewed chance to change the bureau's structure. They point to the presidential election and recent setbacks to CFPB Director Richard Cordray, including a watchdog's report on employee discrimination and a pending legal challenge to its constitutionality, as laying the groundwork for a change.
July 1 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday that it paid $24.5 million in restitution to consumers after uncovering illegal activities in auto finance and payment firms in the first four months of this year.
June 30 -
Banks, credit card companies and other financial firms are strategizing ways to stave off higher legal bills they expect from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus proposal to limit the use of arbitration clauses, which is likely to open the floodgates to class action lawsuits.
June 30 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has difficulties supervising its government travel card program and has reimbursed some employees for lodging and meals while not on official travel, a watchdog said Thursday.
June 30 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has difficulties supervising its government travel card program and has reimbursed some employees for lodging and meals while not on official travel, a watchdog said Thursday.
June 30 -
BancorpSouth Bank agreed Wednesday to a $10.6 million settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Justice Department for allegedly discriminatory mortgage lending practices that harmed minorities.
June 29
