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Banks with between $50 billion and $250 billion of assets leaned particularly heavily on the Federal Reserve and the Federal Home Loan banks amid deposit outflows in March and April, according to new research that quantifies the scramble for funding.
The Federal Reserve System is facing increasing demands from the Senate to revamp the process for granting master accounts, disclose more information to the public and pick more diverse leaders. That pressure makes executive searches at the Kansas City and Chicago Fed banks more complicated.