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Transactions with Certain Members, Certain Nonmembers, and Other FHLBanks
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Transactions with Certain Members, Certain Nonmembers, and Other FHLBanks Transactions with Certain Members, Certain Nonmembers, and Other FHLBanks
Transactions with Members and Nonmembers. The Bank has a cooperative ownership structure under which current member institutions, certain former members, and certain other nonmembers own the capital stock of the Bank. Former members and nonmembers that have outstanding transactions with the Bank are required to maintain their investment in the Bank’s capital stock until their outstanding transactions mature or are paid off or until their capital stock is redeemed following the five-year redemption period for capital stock or is repurchased by the Bank, in accordance with the Bank’s capital requirements. (For further information on concentration risk, see Note 15 – Capital and Note 8 – Advances).
Under the FHLBank Act and Finance Agency regulations, each member eligible to vote is entitled to cast by ballot one vote for each share of stock that it was required to hold as of the record date, which is December 31, of the year prior to each election, subject to the limitation that no member may cast more votes than the average number of shares of the Bank’s stock that are required to be held by all members located in such member's state. As of and for the three-year period ending December 31, 2019, no shareholder owned 10% or more of the total voting interests in the Bank because of this statutory limit on members' voting rights.
All advances are made to members, and all mortgage loans held for portfolio were purchased from members. The Bank also maintains deposit accounts for members, certain former members, and certain other nonmembers primarily to facilitate settlement activities that are directly related to advances and mortgage loan purchases. All transactions with members and their affiliates are entered into in the ordinary course of business.
The Bank may invest in Federal funds sold, interest-bearing deposits, commercial paper, and MBS and executes derivative transactions with members or their affiliates. The Bank purchases MBS through securities brokers or dealers and executes all MBS investments without preference to the status of the counterparty or the issuer of the investment as a nonmember, member, or affiliate of a member. When the Bank executes non-MBS investments with a member, the Bank may give consideration to the member’s secured credit and the Bank’s advances pricing.
As an additional service to its members, the Bank has in the past entered into offsetting interest rate exchange agreements, acting as an intermediary between exactly offsetting derivative transactions with members and other counterparties. These transactions were executed at market rates.
The FHLBank Act requires the Bank to establish an AHP. The Bank provides subsidies to members, which use the funds to assist in the purchase, construction, or rehabilitation of housing for very low-, low-, and moderate-income households. Subsidies may be in the form of direct grants or below-market interest rate advances. Only Bank members, along with their nonmember AHP project sponsors, may submit AHP applications. All AHP subsidies are made in the ordinary course of business.
The FHLBank Act also requires the Bank to establish a Community Investment Program and authorizes the Bank to offer additional Community Investment Cash Advance (CICA) programs. Under these programs, the Bank provides subsidies in the form of grants and below-market interest rate advances to members or standby letters of credit for members for community lending and economic development projects. Only Bank members and qualified housing associates may submit applications for CICA subsidies. All CICA subsidies are made in the ordinary course of business.
In instances where the member has an officer or director serving on the Bank’s Board of Directors, all of the aforementioned transactions with the member are subject to the same eligibility and credit criteria, as well as the same conditions, as comparable transactions with all other members, in accordance with regulations governing the operations of the FHLBanks. The following tables set forth information at the dates and for the periods indicated with respect to transactions with members that have an officer or director serving on the Bank’s Board of Directors.
  
December 31, 2019

 
December 31, 2018

Assets:
 
 
 
Advances
$
3,697

 
$
4,192

Mortgage loans held for portfolio
8

 
11

Accrued interest receivable
6

 
7

Liabilities:
 
 
 
Deposits
$
22

 
$
11

Capital:
 
 
 
Capital Stock
$
132

 
$
149


 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
2019

 
2018

 
2017

Interest Income:
 
 
 
 
 
Advances
$
87

 
$
81

 
$
41

Mortgage loans held for portfolio
—

 
1

 
1


Transactions with Other FHLBanks. The Bank may occasionally enter into transactions with other FHLBanks. These transactions are summarized below.
Deposits with other FHLBanks. The Bank may, from time to time, maintain deposits with other FHLBanks. Deposits with other FHLBanks totaled $1 and $1 at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, which were recorded in the Statements of Condition in the Cash and due from banks line item.
Overnight Funds. The Bank may borrow or lend unsecured overnight funds from or to other FHLBanks. All such transactions are at current market rates. Interest income and interest expense related to these transactions with other FHLBanks are included in interest income and interest expense in the Statements of Income. Balances outstanding at period end with other FHLBanks, if any, are identified in the Bank’s financial statements. During the years ended
December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, the Bank extended overnight loans to other FHLBanks for $1,450, $780, and $1,505, respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, the Bank borrowed $2,245, $2,020, and $240, respectively, from other FHLBanks. The impact to net interest income related to these transactions was de minimis for all periods in this report.
MPF Mortgage Loans. The Bank pays a transaction services fee to the FHLBank of Chicago for its participation in the MPF program. This fee is assessed monthly and is based on the amount of mortgage loans in which the Bank invested and which remain outstanding on its Statements of Condition. For the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, the Bank recorded $3 and $2, and $1, respectively, in MPF membership fee expense and transaction services fee expense to the FHLBank of Chicago.
In addition, the Bank receives a counterparty fee from the FHLBank of Chicago for facilitating the sale of loans under the MPF program. For the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, the Bank recorded de minimis amounts in MPF counterparty fee income from the FHLBank of Chicago, which were recorded in the Statements of Income as other income.
Consolidated Obligations. The Bank may, from time to time, transfer to or assume from another FHLBank the outstanding primary liability for FHLBank consolidated obligations. During the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, the Bank did not transfer any debt to other FHLBanks or assume any debt from other FHLBanks.
Transactions with the Office of Finance. The Bank’s proportionate share of the cost of operating the Office of Finance is identified in the Statements of Income.