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Lacker says Fed may offer too many bank services

Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker said on Friday 20 May it was "hard to justify" the level of services the Fed provides for banks, particularly for clearing retail payments, such as check clearing.

"My sense ... is that there are far less by way of economies of scope than would be needed to justify, on economic efficiency grounds, the current scale of Federal Reserve service provision, particularly in clearing 'retail' payments such as checks and ACH," he told a Bank of

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