I will say right off that I am not able to conclusively answer this important question today. These classifications have to be balanced carefully, and we will do this as part of European-level discussions. 6 / 13  BIS central bankers' speeches  I would, however, like to give you an initial idea of how this classification might look.
By talking of small institutions, this suggests that a qualification criterion for the small banking box would be relatively modest total assets. For example, in Germany, a total assets threshold value of € billion could put more than 80% of institutions into this category. What constitutes large and small in other member states is completely different, however.