The use of Federal Home Loan Bank advances among bank and thrift members rose overall during the second quarter of 2014, according to the Inside Mortgage Finance Bank Mortgage Database. All of the nation’s banks and thrifts used a combined $437.7 billion in advances as of June 30, 2014, up 11.6 percent from the first quarter of 2014 and an 18.8 percent increase from the same period a year earlier.