Lebanese Commercial Banks Assets Down by 1.93%YoY to $100.7B in March 2026

According to Lebanon’s consolidated commercial banks’ balance sheet, total assets declined by 1.93% on year over year (YoY) basis to stand at $100.7B in March 2026.

On the assets side, currency and deposits with Central Bank represented a high figure of 75.81% of total assets; they dropped annually by 3.83% to settle at $76.32B in March 2026. Deposits with the central bank (BDL) represented 99.91% of total reserves, and decreased by 3.80% YoY, to reach $76.25B in March 2026. Furthermore, vault cash in Lebanese pound decreased by 26.39% on a yearly basis to stand at $97.01M by the same period.

Claims on resident customers, constituting 4.20% of total assets, shrank by 8.98% YoY to stand at $4.23B in March 2026. Moreover, resident securities portfolio, representing 4.78% of total assets, decreased by 15.32% in March 2026 to stand at $4.81B. More specifically, the Eurobond holding recorded a decrease of 6.60%, to reach $2.15B (net of provisions) in March 2026. Additionally, claims on non-resident financial sector rose by 1.78% YoY to stand at $5.2B in March 2026.

On the liabilities side, resident customers’ deposits were the main account, representing 63.79% of total liabilities; they dropped by 4.22% since March 2025 to reach $64.22B by the month of March 2026. In more details, deposits in foreign currencies (being 98.69% of resident customers’ deposits) declined by 4.31% YoY to reach $63.4B by March 2026, additionally deposits in LBP (1.31% of resident customers’ deposits) increased by 3.26% YoY to stand at $838.22M by March 2026.

As for non-resident customers’ deposits, grasping 21.14% of total liabilities, they recorded a rise of 1.35% and stood at $21.3B in March 2026. In details, the deposits in LBP rose by 26.87% to reach $39.85M and deposits in foreign currencies increased by 1.31% to reach $21.24B over the same period. In addition, non-resident financial sector liabilities representing 2.26% of total liabilities decreased by 12.04% YoY to reach $2.3B in March 2026.

Lastly, the capital accounts stood at $4.7B, higher by 3.06% than March 2025, noting that only about 10% of those are in LBP.

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

_{Source: BDL, BLOMINVEST Bank}