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 head of the agency’s fair-lending office cast doubt on a proposed reorganization of her office and raised concerns about blog posts written years ago by the political appointee overseeing the project.
September 28 -
The bureau's findings and request for information came after acting Director Mick Mulvaney had cited data security as a flaw at the agency.
September 26 -
The CFPB's move is in line with the other banking regulators who have offices in Atlanta.
September 21 -
Though Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney tried unsuccessfully to strip the agency's fair lending office of its enforcement powers earlier this year, he insisted this week that the bureau "is still in the fair lending business."
September 18 -
In its proposed “disclosure sandbox,” the bureau has eased restrictions on firms seeking a safe harbor from liability.
September 17 -
Kathy Kraninger has been tight-lipped about her plans for the consumer bureau, but some point to signs that she could curb the agency's power by reducing staff and other costs.
September 4 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interpretive rule Friday to clarify changes made to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act that were mandated by President Trump's regulatory relief law.
August 31 -
Several states pledged to compensate for a slowdown in enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under Mick Mulvaney, but their efforts have been complicated by tight budgets and doubts over whether such initiatives are necessary.
August 20 -
The CFPB made changes to a rule that allows financial firms to be exempt from sending annual privacy notices to customers if they meet certain conditions.
August 10 -
The state became the first in the country to ask federal regulators for a temporary waiver, citing a shortage of available appraisers.
August 6
