Dozens of community bankers flocked to Washington this past week to discuss the relevance of the Federal Home Loan Bank System. The regulatory review may determine whether the little-known but politically powerful cooperative is fulfilling its congressionally mandated mission to “provide reliable liquidity to its member institutions to support housing finance and community investment.”

Big banks, nonbanks mostly missing out of FHFA’s Home loan bank query

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