A term that is not clearly defined. The size of a bank can refer in particular to – its total balance sheet volume, – balance sheet sub-items such as deposits and loans; but also equity holdings, e.g. in industrial companies and insurance companies, – spread over an area, namely the absolute or relative density of the branch network, possibly including cross-border alliances, together with the market share in national or international online banking the relative density of the branch network, possibly including cross-border alliances, together with market share in national or international online banking, – the number of employees, – the degree of global integration with other institutions, funds, insurance companies and other players on the financial market, or – as usually happens – several of the above-mentioned and other characteristics are used. – In Deutsche Bundesbank statistics, the term includes Deutsche Bank AG, Commerzbank AG and, since January 1999, Bayrische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG (part of UniCredit Group) and, since 2004, Deutsche Postbank AG; the latter was acquired by Deutsche Bank in 2009. – See unwindability, algorithmic trading, bad bank, bank, systemic, bank size, optimal, banking supervision, European, bank merger year, German, assertion strategy, downsizing, financial institution, global, gibrat rule, gigabank, size confidence, G-Sifi, crisis, systemic, megamania, multi-boutique approach, oligocracy, Penrose theorem, role mixing, banking, rush to exit, Sifi oligopoly, stabilizers, automatic, subsidiarity principle, systemic relevance, too big to fail principle. – Cf. the monthly statistical booklet “Bankenstatistik” published by the Deutsche Bundesbank, appendix “Erläuterungen,” section “Kreditbanken”; BaFin Annual Report 2010, p. 150 (concentration process in the large banking sector; BaFin’s involvement).
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