Kate Berry
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Long Beach, CA, United States
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Fannie picks five groups to receive $5 million in housing contracts
Fannie Mae has selected five organizations to share in a $5 million pilot program aimed at expanding and promoting affordable housing and Black homeownership. → Read More
Fed's rate hikes are tanking the mortgage market
The mortgage market is reeling from the central bank's strategy of raising rates and reducing its holdings of mortgage-backed securities. Lenders face the worst headwinds in more than a decade. → Read More
CFPB gets earful on limiting credit card late fees
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's review of credit card late fees has ignited pushback from industry that supports an expected 9% jump in fees next year pegged to inflation. → Read More
CFPB seeks input on customer service issues at large banks, credit unions
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra wants to determine if people are able to get prompt responses from the 175 banks and credit unions with more than $10 billion of assets. → Read More
FHFA, CFPB urge financial firms to offer disclosures in Spanish
The Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau want financial institutions to provide more outreach to non-English speakers, a move that could foreshadow multilingual disclosure mandates. → Read More
Most Powerful Women in Banking: Next 2022
Our annual list of the rising stars in banking and finance. → Read More
CFPB warnings of bias in AI could spook lenders
Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has cautioned banks, credit unions and fintechs about fair-lending violations that may stem from reliance on artificial intelligence. His comments threaten to discourage financial firms from using the technology to crunch nontraditional data about borrowers, experts say. → Read More
CFPB launches broad review of consumer banking fees
Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, described many charges by banks, credit unions and fintechs as "junk fees" and said they often exceed the cost of providing the service. Several trade groups called Chopra's claims "distorted and misleading." → Read More
Lenders urge CFPB to scale back small-business data collection plan
Hundreds of bankers and credit union executives are seeking exemptions and changes to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposal to collect race, ethnicity and gender information about small-business borrowers that they describe as burdensome and unworkable. → Read More
Who’s in the running for remaining Fed openings
The guessing game is over about President Biden’s pick for Federal Reserve chair, but several names are in the mix for three additional vacancies on the board, including vice chair for supervision. → Read More
CFPB seeks public feedback on impact of HMDA rule
The consumer bureau is asking for comment on whether the rule implementing the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act is meeting its stated goals of detecting discrimination in mortgage lending. → Read More
CFPB’s Chopra fills two key leadership posts at agency
The bureau’s new director named former Obama administration officials Lorelei Salas and Eric Halperin, respectively, as the heads of supervision policy and enforcement. → Read More
CFPB’s new leader is putting big tech on notice
The recent order by Director Rohit Chopra — issued just days after he was sworn in — demanding that Amazon, Facebook and others hand over information about their payments products is being interpreted as a sign that the consumer bureau wants to take a more active role in regulating the tech giants. → Read More
DOJ vows more redlining cases after Trustmark settlement
Trustmark Bank agreed to pay $9 million to resolve allegations that it discriminated against Black and Hispanic residents in Memphis, Tennessee. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Department of Justice and other agencies will continue their crackdown. → Read More
CFPB's Chopra taps ex-Obama civil rights official as enforcement chief
Eric Halperin, a longtime consumer advocate, is the first big hire by the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. → Read More
As refis dry up, mortgage firms vow to lend more to minority borrowers
The industry is prioritizing Black and Hispanic consumers in the interest of social equity and to tap new markets amid declining refinance volume and rising rates. → Read More
CFPB orders tech giants to turn over payment system information
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, PayPal and Square must provide details on their use of personal payments data to ensure consumers' privacy is protected and that the data isn't shared without consent. → Read More
FHFA will make desktop home appraisals a permanent option
After permitting remote appraisals on an interim basis during the pandemic, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will accept them outright starting in early 2022, the acting head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency said. → Read More
Looming tenant crisis another test of CFPB’s authority
As the expiration of a national eviction moratorium puts economic pressure on low-income households, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is said to be considering investigating credit bureaus, debt collectors and large landlords accused of harming renters. But some argue the agency would be overreaching. → Read More
CFPB promotes longtime staffer to deputy director
Zixta Q. Martinez has been with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since its inception a decade ago and most recently was a senior advisor in the supervision, enforcement and fair lending division. → Read More