Lebanese Commercial Banks Assets Down by 1.55% YoY to $100.6B in May 2026

According to Lebanon’s consolidated commercial banks’ balance sheet, total assets declined by 1.55% on year over year (YoY) basis to stand at $100.6B in May 2026.

On the assets side, currency and deposits with Central Bank represented a high figure of 75.34% of total assets; they dropped annually by 4.19% to settle at $75.8B in May 2026. Deposits with the central bank (BDL) represented 99.91% of total reserves, and decreased by 4.19% YoY, to reach $75.72B in May 2026. Furthermore, vault cash in Lebanese pound decreased by 13.50% on a yearly basis to stand at $64.65M by the same period.

Claims on resident customers, constituting 4.25% of total assets, shrank by 4.81% YoY to stand at $4.3B in May 2026. Moreover, resident securities portfolio, representing 4.75% of total assets, decreased by 8.03% in May 2026 to stand at $4.8B. More specifically, the Eurobond holding recorded a decrease of 3.94%, to reach $2.15B (net of provisions) in May 2026. Additionally, claims on non-resident financial sector rose by 5.77% YoY to stand at $5.51B in May 2026.

On the liabilities side, resident customers’ deposits were the main account, representing 63.54% of total liabilities; they dropped by 4.22% since May 2025 to reach $63.91B by the month of May 2026. In more details, deposits in foreign currencies (being 98.74% of resident customers’ deposits) declined by 4.37% YoY to reach $63.11B by May 2026, additionally deposits in LBP (1.26% of resident customers’ deposits) increased by 8.50% YoY to stand at $805.92M by May 2026.

As for non-resident customers’ deposits, grasping 21.15% of total liabilities, they recorded a rise of 0.31% and stood at $21.3B in May 2026. In details, the deposits in LBP fell by 12.96% to reach $39.71M and deposits in foreign currencies increased by 0.34% to reach $21.24B over the same period. In addition, non-resident financial sector liabilities representing 2.23% of total liabilities decreased by 11.81% YoY to reach $2.25B in May 2026.

Lastly, the capital accounts stood at $4.9B, higher by 23.05% than May 2025, noting that only about 10% of those are in LBP.

Commercial Banks Total Assets and Resident Customer Deposits in May 2026 ($B)

_{Source: BDL, BLOMINVEST Bank}