Significant institution

Bank supervision.

(SI).

1. European Central Bank (ECB).

A bank considered significant enough to be supervised directly by the ECB, rather than by a national supervisory authority.

Criteria for determining a bank's signficance in this context include its size, economic importance, and whether it has received or requested direct public financial assistance.

2.

Similarly important banks and other institutions in other supervisory systems.

See also

• Bank supervision
• Capital adequacy
• D-SIB
• G-SIB
• G-SIFI
• HLA
• Institution
• Institutional
• Less significant institution
• R-SIB
• SIB surcharge
• Systemically Important Financial Institution