March 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's head of banking supervision said Tuesday he was first made aware of the interest rate risk-related issues at Silicon Valley Bank in mid-February.

Fed Vice Chairman for Supervision Michael Barr told the Senate Banking Committee that Fed staff made a presentation to the Fed board in mid-February, several weeks before the bank failed, in which staff indicated they were following up with SVB on its risk related to rising interest rates. (Reporting by Hannah Lang in Washington)