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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The two Democrats sent a letter "raising grave concerns about whether the bureau is fulfilling its statutory obligations."
By Kate BerryDecember 18 -
Despite assurances by Director Kathy Kraninger that the agency is cracking down on discrimination, it has not filed an enforcement action or sent a Department of Justice referral on a fair-lending violation in two years.
By Kate BerryDecember 17 -
The agency’s director previewed a policy for companies under enforcement action to have their orders terminated if they comply ahead of schedule.
By Kate BerryDecember 2 -
The agency’s director previewed a policy for companies under enforcement action to have their orders terminated if they comply ahead of schedule.
By Kate BerryDecember 2 -
The high court scheduled oral arguments on March 3 in the lawsuit dealing with a president's ability to fire the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
By Kate BerryNovember 26 -
VantageScore totaled 12.3 billion scores across consumer credit loan categories over a 12-month period between 2018 and 2019 with minimal mortgage volume, leaving potential for a major ramp up.
October 29 -
Will the justices go further than answering constitutional questions about the bureau's leadership structure?
By Kate BerryOctober 21 -
The high court will decide how much latitude a president has to fire the director of an independent agency.
By Kate BerryOctober 18 -
In her second day of congressional testimony, Kathy Kraninger took heat from Senate Democrats for weighing in on constitutional questions about her agency and for her enforcement track record.
By Kate BerryOctober 17 -
CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger faced a barrage of questions from Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee over why the agency has not demanded refunds for consumers in recent settlements.
By Kate BerryOctober 16