Meanings of mid-tier banks in English

The next step is for national regulators to broaden their analysis to their mid-tier banks.

Other mid-tier banks are also reportedly involved.

But at several mid-tier banks, provisions for possible loan losses are seldom matching growth in the overdue loan book, pointing to a potential capital shortfall.

The bigger investment banks are more established and the smaller, more mid-tier banks are probably generating the exact same losses, Morningstar analyst Michael Wong said.

From 2010, these mid-tier banks and regional lenders set about competing with the country's so-called Big Five lenders, the state-controlled behemoths that dominate the economy.