Banks Leaned on a Little-Known Lender in March as Customers Fled

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Banks Leaned on a Little-Known Lender in March as Customers Fled
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Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank borrowed heavily from the Federal Home Loan Bank system before collapsing

Banks are turning to an obscure government-linked lender to shore up their balance sheets following the industry’sThe Federal Home Loan Bank system—established during the Great Depression to help

promote mortgage lending and now a source of liquidity for banks of all stripes—issued a record $495 billion of debt in March to fund loans, which are called advances, the system’s Office of Finance said.

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