The Federal Reserve is intruding on bank discretion by using stress test results in assessing plans for capital distribution, said Ernest Patrikis, a partner at White & Case LLP and a former New York Fed general counsel.

“It’s almost treating banks like they are public utilities,” Patrikis said today in a radio interview on “The Hays Advantage” with Kathleen Hays and Vonnie Quinn.

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