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.”
December 18 -
Despite assurances by Director Kathy Kraninger that the agency is cracking down on discrimination, it hasn't sent a Department of Justice referral on a fair-lending violation in two years.
December 16 -
The two Democratic senators said the bureau's policy could allow companies to circumvent consumer finance laws.
December 6 -
The agency announced changes meant to reduce compliance costs and allow some institutions to provide estimates rather than disclose exact prices for international money transfers.
December 3 -
The agency’s director previewed a policy for companies under enforcement action to have their orders terminated if they comply ahead of schedule.
December 2 -
The agency’s director previewed a policy for companies under enforcement action to have their orders terminated if they comply ahead of schedule.
December 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.
November 26 -
Democracy Forward filed the lawsuit Monday against the consumer bureau, Director Kathy Kraninger, the U.S. Department of Education and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
November 25 -
The high court will decide how much latitude a president has to fire the director of an independent agency.
October 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.
October 17
