once upon a time, you needed to move actual paper bills and cheques to move money
so, you needed to have actual banks
now ? not so much, so, now they are useless
unless.... the network fail down, for whatever reason
then, we have a problem
>now ? not so much, so, now they are useless
If memory serves the federal government is not allowed to audit the Federal Reserve banks. There has never been a proper audit of The Fed, meaning all 12 banks are not accountable to anyone.
You're talking about regular banks. OP asked about the federal reserve branches specifically.
they where supposed to give the printed money to the banks
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