Lebanese Commercial Banks Assets Down by 1.89% YoY to $100.72B in April 2026

According to Lebanon’s consolidated commercial banks’ balance sheet, total assets declined by 1.89% on year over year (YoY) basis to stand at $100.72B in April 2026.

On the assets side, currency and deposits with Central Bank represented a high figure of 75.49% of total assets; they dropped annually by 4.33% to settle at $76.04B in April 2026. Deposits with the central bank (BDL) represented 99.91% of total reserves, and decreased by 4.31% YoY, to reach $75.97B in April 2026. Furthermore, vault cash in Lebanese pound decreased by 18.88% on a yearly basis to stand at $64.97M by the same period.

Claims on resident customers, constituting 4.16% of total assets, shrank by 7.36% YoY to stand at $4.2B in April 2026. Moreover, resident securities portfolio, representing 4.75% of total assets, decreased by 11.13% in April 2026 to stand at $4.8B. More specifically, the Eurobond holding recorded a decrease of 6.13%, to reach $2.15B (net of provisions) in April 2026. Additionally, claims on non-resident financial sector rose by 7.18% YoY to stand at $5.55B in April 2026.

On the liabilities side, resident customers’ deposits were the main account, representing 63.61% of total liabilities; they dropped by 4.55% since April 2025 to reach $64.1B by the month of April 2026. In more details, deposits in foreign currencies (being 98.71% of resident customers’ deposits) declined by 4.59% YoY to reach $63.25B by April 2026, additionally deposits in LBP (1.29% of resident customers’ deposits) decreased by 1.33% YoY to stand at $825.83M by April 2026.

As for non-resident customers’ deposits, grasping 21.15% of total liabilities, they recorded a rise of 0.53% and stood at $21.30B in April 2026. In details, the deposits in LBP rose by 27.93% to reach $40.44M and deposits in foreign currencies increased by 0.49% to reach $21.3B over the same period. In addition, non-resident financial sector liabilities representing 2.23% of total liabilities decreased by 12.77% YoY to reach $2.25B in April 2026.

Lastly, the capital accounts stood at $4.8B, higher by 11.49% than April 2025, noting that only about 10% of those are in LBP.

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

_{Source: BDL, BLOMINVEST Bank}