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 announcement by the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ends months of speculation about how long he planned to stay at the agency.
November 15 -
CFPB Director Richard Cordray is using the Equifax breach to suggest the CFPB be given power to examine credit reporting agencies for potential cybersecurity lapses.
October 10 -
Regulators reached a $183.5 million settlement with the court-appointed receiver of an Oregon private equity firm that could provide debt relief to 41,000 students of the bankrupt Corinthian College
August 20 -
Payday lenders and arbitration supporters are claiming the CFPB has met more often with consumer groups than industry, laying the groundwork for likely lawsuits on key rules.
August 14 -
If CFPB Director Richard Cordray leaves ahead of his July 2018 term expiration, President Trump would be limited in who he could pick as an acting director and may face challenges in rolling back the rule banning mandatory arbitration clauses.
August 7 -
Republican efforts to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's arbitration rule were dealt a significant blow Friday by another Wells Fargo scandal.
July 28 -
The CFPB's decision to drop a requirement that third parties verify a debt's accuracy before collecting on it is likely to speed the agency's efforts to write rules for all parts of the debt collection market.
June 16
