Lebanese Commercial Banks Assets Down by 2.18% YoY to $100.42B in July 2026

According to Lebanon’s consolidated commercial banks’ balance sheet, total assets declined by 2.18% on year over year (YoY) basis to stand at $100.42B in July 2026.

On the assets side, currency and deposits with Central Bank represented a high figure of 74.97% of total assets; they dropped annually by 4.69% to settle at $75.3B in July 2026. Deposits with the central bank (BDL) represented 99.93% of total reserves, and decreased by 4.65% YoY, to reach $75.3B in July 2026. Furthermore, vault cash in Lebanese pound decreased by 37.72% on a yearly basis to stand at $55.42M by the same period.

Claims on resident customers, constituting 4.06% of total assets, shrank by 7.79% YoY to stand at $4.1B in July 2026. Moreover, resident securities portfolio, representing 4.79% of total assets, decreased by 8.98% in July 2026 to stand at $4.81B. More specifically, the Eurobond holding recorded a decrease of -2.09%, to reach $2.2B (net of provisions) in July 2026. Additionally, claims on non-resident financial sector rose by 9.56% YoY to stand at $5.9B in July 2026.

On the liabilities side, resident customers’ deposits were the main account, representing 63.23% of total liabilities; they dropped by 4.50% since July 2025 to reach $63.5B by the month of July 2026. In more details, deposits in foreign currencies (being 98.65% of resident customers’ deposits) declined by 4.59% YoY to reach $62.64B by July 2026, additionally deposits in LBP (1.35% of resident customers’ deposits) increased by 2.11% YoY to stand at $856.52M by July 2026.

As for non-resident customers’ deposits, grasping 21.16% of total liabilities, they recorded a drop of 0.25% and stood at $21.25B in July 2026. In details, the deposits in LBP rose by 0.83% to reach $41.71M while deposits in foreign currencies decreased by 0.25% to reach $21.21B over the same period. In addition, non-resident financial sector liabilities representing 2.28% of total liabilities decreased by 3.39% YoY to reach $2.3B in July 2026.

Lastly, the capital accounts stood at $5.4B, higher by 12.59% than July 2025, noting that only about 10% of those are in LBP.

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

^{Source: BDL, BLOMINVEST Bank}