Lebanese Commercial Banks Assets Down by 0.95% YoY to $101.9B in February 2026
According to Lebanon’s consolidated commercial banks’ balance sheet, total assets declined by 0.95% on year over year (YoY) basis to stand at $101.9B in February 2026.
On the assets side, currency and deposits with Central Bank represented a high figure of 75.26% of total assets; they dropped annually by 3.31% to settle at $76.7B in February 2026. Deposits with the central bank (BDL) represented 99.9% of total reserves, and decreased by 3.3% YoY, to reach $76.62B in February 2026. Furthermore, vault cash in Lebanese pound decreased by 13.33% on a yearly basis to stand at $73.71M by the same period.
Claims on resident customers, constituting 4.14% of total assets, shrank by 10.95% YoY to stand at $4.22B in February 2026. Moreover, resident securities portfolio, representing 5.21% of total assets, decreased by 12.14% in February 2026 to stand at $5.3B. More specifically, the Eurobond holding recorded an increase of 2.34% since February 2025, to reach $2.52B (net of provisions) in February 2026. Additionally, claims on non-resident financial sector rose by 8.5% YoY to stand at $5.47B in February 2026.
On the liabilities side, resident customers’ deposits were the main account, representing 63.41% of total liabilities; they dropped by 3.8% since February 2025 to reach $64.616B by the month of February 2026. In more details, deposits in foreign currencies (being 98.72% of resident customers’ deposits) declined by 3.88% YoY to reach $63.79B by February 2026, additionally deposits in LBP (1.28% of resident customers’ deposits) increased by 3.33% YoY to stand at $826.9M by February 2026.
As for non-resident customers’ deposits, grasping 20.95% of total liabilities, they recorded a rise of 1.97% and stood at $21.35B in February 2026. In details, the deposits in LBP rose by 25.42% to reach $39.51M and deposits in foreign currencies increased by 1.93% to reach $21.31B over the same period. In addition, non-resident financial sector liabilities representing 2.25% of total liabilities decreased by 9.84% YoY to reach $2.29B in February 2026.
Lastly, the capital accounts stood at $5.01B, higher by 8.15% than February 2025, noting that only about 10% of those are in LBP.
Commercial Banks Total Assets and Resident Customer Deposits in February 2026 ($B)
Source: BDL, BLOMINVEST Bank
