Step 4: Initiate the Advance
Now you are ready to initiate your first Advance. All you need is:
- Your account number
- The advance structure you are interested in
- The amount* and term of the advance
- The type of collateral you will be using
Contact a Credit Service Representative or your Calling Officer, and they will complete the process. If you are initiating Short-term Advances (under one year), you can also use 1Link to initiate these Advances.
Benefits of initiating your Short-Term Advances through 1Link include:
- Save 2 bps off the OLOC rate posted on our public website
- Initiate transactions conveniently from your PC with "live" Advance rate updates
- Rollover or payoff maturing Advances in a single transaction
- Access and view your current day Advance transaction status any time
- Check to see which Advances are maturing each day
- Verify your HLB portfolio of outstanding Advances, HLB stockholdings and collateral availability, and browse OLOC availability (total availability amount on OLOC and OLOC + commitments in your portfolio)
- Receive Automated Customer Notification (ACN) of Advances
* Our current Capital Plan requires a stock purchase of 4.5% of the borrowed amount.
New to 1Link? Call the 1Link Helpdesk, who will guide you through your transactions.

