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 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure is an infringement on the authority of the executive branch, a New York federal judge said Thursday.
June 21 -
The Democratic leader in the House raised questions about Kathy Kraninger's "qualifications to lead such an important agency."
June 18 -
President Trump has yet to formally name Kathy Kraninger as his choice to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but her nomination is already in trouble. That may be just fine with the White House.
June 18 -
Marc Dann, a former Ohio attorney general, has a plan to publicly maintain the CFPB's consumer complaint database if acting Director Mick Mulvaney shuts it down.
June 14 -
The acting director cited the size of advisory boards and some members’ reticence among reasons for his decision.
June 8 -
Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney wrote in a two-paragraph filing that the Mount Laurel, N.J., company did not violate the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.
June 7 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired all 25 members of the agency's Consumer Advisory Board during a conference call Wednesday, saying it wanted to bring in more diverse views.
June 6 -
Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney is poised to dismiss its administrative proceeding against the mortgage lender, following a four-year battle over the agency's structure.
June 6 -
Lenders would have a lighter data-reporting burden, but they may end up deciding to collect the data anyway.
May 25 -
The CFPB is looking to rescind Obama-era policy that allowed it to punish banks and financial firms for unintentional discrimination.
May 21
