Not only mega-banks but also a wide range of financial institutions, including regional banks I and II as well as shinkin banks, became counterparties.
See, for example, Deutsche Bundesbank (2000a), p 44. See Boone, L, C Giorno and P Richardson (1998). See Poterba, J M and A A Samwick (1995). See Domanski, D (1997), p 282. See, for example, Peersman, G (2000), pp 143-144, for an explanation of the way the credit channel works.