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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It is designed exclusively to address concerns of regulators who have complained about the bank's lack of progress in recovering from a series of scandals.
May 8 -
The long-awaited proposal includes safe harbors to protect collectors from getting sued, but would restrict phone collection attempts and allow borrowers to opt out of receiving other communications.
May 7 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed steps to ease Home Mortgage Disclosure Act requirements, just days after announcing it was retiring a platform to let users analyze raw mortgage data.
May 2 -
Conduent Education Services has agreed to pay $3.9 million to the CFPB for failing to provide accurate account balances on more than 200,000 student loans.
May 1 -
The Department of Financial Services has created a statewide financial protection division focused on corporate compliance and consumer issues, in line with steps taken by New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
April 30 -
Director Kathy Kraninger said the agency will emphasize a confidential supervisory process instead of just doling out public enforcement actions. But skeptics worry this will let companies escape punishment.
April 29 -
The debt collection proposal is expected to address how debt collectors can use text messages and emails to track down debtors.
April 29 -
Get ready to meet 15 women — ages 40 and under — whose accomplishments and influence set them apart.
April 28 -
The rule requires disclosure of exact fees but institutions can estimate pricing under an exception that will expire in 2020. The CFPB is seeking comment to prepare for that deadline.
April 25 -
A panel of federal judges determined that Think Finance and an online tribal payday lender must comply with state interest rate and licensing laws.
April 24 -
Under a new policy, a company subject to a civil investigative demand will learn from the agency about what conduct the probe is targeting and what legal provisions the firm may have violated.
April 23 -
A key question is whether the agency will restrict the ability of firms to track down delinquent borrowers with emails and text messages, which weren't in use when current regulations were adopted.
April 14 -
The Trump administration directed independent agencies to submit their pending guidance for review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, a novel procedural hurdle that could slow down policy changes.
April 11 -
Since Wells Fargo’s phony-accounts scandal broke in 2016, the bank has appeared contrite in public. In private, it’s a different story.
April 7 -
The lawmakers are questioning the agency about its oversight of student loan servicers involved in a federal loan forgiveness program.
April 5 -
The lawmakers are questioning the agency about its oversight of student loan servicers involved in a federal loan forgiveness program.
April 5 -
A discussion on how to modernize policies to combat housing discrimination quickly turned into a sharp critique of the social media giant's advertising practices.
April 2 -
The proposed rollback of underwriting requirements for small-dollar lenders could redefine a legal doctrine that governs rules affecting other companies as well.
March 29 -
Assemblywoman Monique Limon is in the “early stages” of exploring how to create a state-level Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as part of a broader push for more consumer protection for state residents.
March 27 -
Letters to eight bank CEOs from the Idaho senator were a rebuttal to calls by some Democrats for financial institutions to cut ties with firearms manufacturers, prison companies and others.
March 27
