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US Fed said lent banks $12 billion under scheme unveiled Sunday

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The Federal Reserve has lent US banks close to $12 billion under its new one-year lending program unveiled Sunday in the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

The total outstanding amount of all advances under the Bank Term Funding Program reached $11.9 billion by Wednesday, the United States central bank announced in a statement on Thursday.

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