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The Comptroller of the Currency said the Federal Reserve had disagreements with the metrics of a pending proposal to revamp the Community Reinvestment Act.

Rules related to custody banking, commercial real estate and derivatives were among the last required under last year’s regulatory relief law.

The financial policy views of progressive candidates atop the presidential field are sure to worry many in the financial services industry, but it would be difficult for any new president to implement sweeping regulatory changes.

In recent months federal regulators have been speaking out on the risks that extreme weather events pose to the financial system, something their European counterparts have been doing for some time.

The 2015 decision posed new legal challenges for institutions trying to sell loans to third parties, but the federal regulatory agency proposed steps Monday for banks and debt parties to evade state interest rate caps.

Former Comptroller Thomas Curry, who initially proposed the special charter now blocked by a judge, calls on policymakers to find another way to regulate financial tech startups.

The financial policy views of progressive candidates atop the presidential field are sure to worry bankers, but it would be difficult for any new president to implement sweeping regulatory changes.

The FDIC and the Fed have yet to sign on to the plan; this year’s managing director class includes fewer overall, but a higher percentage are women.

After others have hinted the three bank regulators may part ways on a Community Reinvestment Act proposal, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers a “common answer” is the ideal outcome.

The three federal bank regulators usually try to issue rules jointly, but Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting on Tuesday pointed to areas where the agencies may move on separate paths.