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 Financial Integrity and Regulation Management Act would stop prudential regulators from writing rules or guidance that involve any use of reputational risk in supervision.
March 6 -
The Trump administration's nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Jonathan McKernan, is seen as an institutionalist with a deep knowledge of policy. But whether he keeps the bureau shuttered or rebuilds it is uncertain.
February 14 -
Banks are concerned about the lack of clarity regarding legal liability in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule, and fear that they will end up on the hook for data breaches or unauthorized transactions caused by a fintech or data provider.
August 23 -
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases seeking to overturn the legal principle known as "Chevron deference," that could usher in a new era of litigation by corporations against government agencies.
January 16 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is advising consumers to transfer money stored on nonbank digital payment apps such as PayPal, Venmo and Cash App to insured banks and credit unions.
June 1 -
The closely watched case — which goes to the heart of how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau operates — could have a huge impact on consumers, the agency and the many industries it oversees and those it seeks to regulate.
February 27 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said that digital marketers involved in the development of content strategy can be liable for "unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices."
August 10 -
AB - Policy & RegulationAmerican Banker interviewed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief about his views on Big Tech, the qualified mortgage rule, real-time payments apps and more.
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