Gold Silver Reports (GSR) — A former Federal Reserve official is suing the Fed for blocking his plan to create a new kind of bank, saying it is putting the interests of big Wall Street banks ahead of their large customers.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court last week, accuses the Fed chairman, Jerome H. Powell, of preventing the new bank, known as TNB USA, from operating. James McAndrews, who filed the lawsuit, asserts Mr. Powell directed Fed staffers to withhold permission for his bank to open an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York — a necessary precursor for TNB USA to open its doors.