Bank and thrift members had drawn a combined $437.7 million in Federal Home Loan Bank advances at the end of the fourth quarter of 2014, according to the Inside Mortgage Finance Bank Mortgage Database. That number represents an 11.6 percent increase from the previous quarter and an 18.8 percent increase from the same period a year earlier. Top-ranked JPMorgan Chase’s use of advances rose 8.3 percent and reflected its largest amount of advances used sequentially during 2014. The bank had drawn $60.0 million in the third quarter. Its advances were up 5.0 percent on a year-over-year basis. Second-ranked Wells Fargo remained steady with no quarterly percentage change of its $34.1 million in advances used. [exclusive data chart included]