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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An appeals court ruled that the electronic delivery of private information that was not made public did not constitute real harm to the consumer.
By Kate BerrySeptember 12 -
A Government Accountability Office report found that regulators scaled back supervisory examinations during the pandemic in part because of banks' technological shortcomings.
By Kate BerrySeptember 9 -
Though fewer people are writing checks, banks of all sizes are seeing a massive increase in check fraud since 2020. Recouping losses from bad checks is pitting banks against each other, and regulators may have to weigh in.
By Kate BerrySeptember 1 -
The reduction in banks' assessments marks the fourth time in four years that the OCC has cut the semiannual regulatory fees that fund supervisory work.
By Kate BerrySeptember 1 -
Customers told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that bank customer service practices need a lot of work, but banks say more regulation would only make matters worse.
By Kate BerryAugust 25 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to issue guidance soon around fraud liability on digital payment platforms, and the thorniest question concerns who pays for customers' mistakes.
By Kate BerryAugust 23 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent offensive against redlining by nonbank mortgage originators is increasingly relying on internal communications to make charges stick.
By Kate BerryAugust 17 -
The remittance provider claims the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau worked to ensure it could file the case in a venue that would be more receptive to its claims.
By Kate BerryAugust 11 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said that digital marketers involved in the development of content strategy can be liable for "unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices."
By Kate BerryAugust 10 -
Digit engaged in deceptive acts or practices by routinely causing checking accounts to overdraft, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.
By Kate BerryAugust 10










