Although six of the 11 FHLBs increased the share of women in senior management, at three banks the share of women actually declined.

The Washington State Supreme Court has revived FHLB Seattle’s lawsuits against Credit Suisse and Barclays over crisis-era RMBS.

REITs have long sought access to the FHLB system — particularly to the low rates at the advance window. The recent Treasury recommendation may finally give those aspirations new hope.

The Federal Home Loan Bank System saw a 21.2% decline in earnings during the second quarter of 2019.

Former FLHB-Dallas executives have admitted to charging the bank $1.2 million for fraudulent travel expenses and unclaimed vacation time.

Larger banks pull back on advances as mortgage lending cools.

In October, the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco reached a $3.6 million settlement with two former executives in its Washington, DC, office of legislative and regulatory affairs who claimed they were the victims of racial discrimination. There’s just one problem: Despite apparently reaching an agreement during mediation, the bank didn’t pay up.

Banks and thrifts racked up $571 billion of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank system at the end of 2018, a 3.3% sequential gain but off 1.9% from a year ago, according to an analysis by Inside The GSEs. [Includes one data chart.]

Despite four years of effort by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system have made only marginal improvements in diversity on their boards, according to a report released late last month by the Government Accountability Office.