TCF Bank Sues the Fed over ‘unconstitutional fees’

I guess some banks are feeling the ‘hurt’ imposed by the new regulation regarding bank fees.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — TCF National Bank sued Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and the Fed’s board of governors on Tuesday, saying regulations limiting the fees a bank can charge retailers for debit card transactions are unconstitutional.

The Chairman of TCF Bank suggests that because the “It is unprecedented for Congress, or any regulatory agency, to mandate a fee charged in the free market that not only denies a reasonable rate of return on investment, but actually requires the rate to be lower than the incremental cost of providing the service,” Cooper said in a statement.

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