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The failures of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank have already rocked mortgage rates but aren't expected to rattle lines of credit provided by depositories, home lenders say.

Shadows loomed over Credit Suisse and First Republic early Thursday, but the sector outlook brightened after billions of deposits were pledged to the U.S. bank.

The liquidity facility launched by the central bank over the weekend saw limited uptake compared to other emergency funding options.

The mega-lenders headcount was 5,194 at the end of the fourth quarter

Benefits like paternity leave are more widely available in the field but there's further to go, industry stakeholders say.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen took the first step of walking back an implicit guarantee by the U.S. government that other banks would see their depositors fully backstopped should the bank fail.

The system of 11 regional banks issued a combined $137 billion of bonds and discount notes on Tuesday and Wednesday, after selling $112 billion on Monday, the largest single day of issuance in its 90-year history.

Both 30- and 15-year averages dropped for the first time in six weeks, as investors flocked to safety of 10-year Treasuries.

Banks including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley are part of the discussions, according to people familiar with the situation.

Though a handful of state programs were closed or suspended, most remain open and more than 230,000 households received the funds from the U.S. Treasury.