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With fixed and adjustable rate features, FHLBank Boston’s broad range of advances offers flexible cash flow and payment options to fit members’ business goals.

Mortgage Partnership Finance

The Mortgage Partnership Finance program serves a wide range of secondary market options whether it is enhanced revenue through risk sharing or liquidity by providing ready access to the conventional and government markets.

Housing & Economic Growth

FHLBank Boston members use our suite of housing and community investment programs to expand the stock of affordable housing and promote economic development.

Letters of Credit

Financial institutions use our letters of credit to facilitate residential housing finance and community lending, improve liquidity, and meet a variety of other financing needs.

Correspondent Services

Safekeeping, wire transfer, and other correspondent services from FHLBank Boston help members improve profitability and save time managing their cash positions and securities portfolios.

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Offering a user-friendly and intuitive experience, Online Banking enables members to initiate advances, outgoing advance wires, safekeeping trades, letters of credit, and more online.
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Review advance product details and information about eligible collateral, collateral evaluation, and borrowing documentation in the Products + Solutions Guide.

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Collateral Overview

Before securing an advance, letter of credit, or a line of credit, get more information about pledging collateral and our collateral review process.

Strategies & Insights

Stay ahead of the curve, borrow smarter, and support economic development in the communities you serve with strategies and customized funding solutions from our team.

Andrew Paolillo

Vice President, Director of Member Strategies & Solutions

Quantitative Tightening, Volatility, and Considerations for Funding

The end of Quantitative Tightening may have implications for interest-rate volatility. FHLBank Boston offers advances with embedded options, like the HLB-Option and Member-Option Advance, for navigating interest-rate changes.

Liquidity & Funding Strategies for the Current Environment

The Federal Reserve lowered short-term interest rates by 25 basis points in September, following a decline in intermediate rates since the start of the year. While lower rates may provide some relief on funding costs, the earnings, liquidity and interest-rate risk pressures that have been front and center for the last few years remain. View this webinar for an analysis of asset/liability management and funding strategies that are top of mind for many banks and credit unions.

Advance Restructuring Strategies to Enhance Earnings

For members relying on wholesale funding, advance restructures offer a solution to mitigate margin pressure caused by higher interest rates. Explore how restructuring advances can improve earnings and interest-rate risk profiles without adding incremental funding.