According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the combined balance sheet of investment banks operating in Lebanon widened by 13.26% (LBP 10,786.76 billion) at end of 2025 to LBP 92,155 billion, up from LBP 81,368 billion at end of 2024. In details, the value of fixed assets soared by 95.19% (LBP 6,838.02 billion) to LBP 14,022 billion and was accompanied by some 14.56% (LBP 4,578.91 billion) increase in cash and deposits with Central Banks to LBP 36,037 billion, and some 23.92% (LBP 1,591.79 billion) rise in claims on the non-resident financial sector to LBP 8,246 billion among others, which together outweighed the 18.59% (LBP 2,401.43 billion) drop in the value of the securities portfolio to LBP 10,515 billion and the 4.29% (LBP 693.36 billion) decrease in claims on the private sector to LBP 15,485 billion. On the liabilities side, investment banks’ capital accounts soared by 67.71% (LBP 10,151.09 billion) at end of year 2025 to LBP 25,143 billion, and were accompanied by some 19.04% (2,121.98 billion) increase in other liabilities to LBP 13,270 billion, and some 25.59% (LBP 2,090.16 billion) rise in liabilities to the non-resident financial sector to LBP 10,257 billion, which eroded the 7.04% (LBP 3,260.22 billion) decrease in private sector deposits (resident and non-resident deposits in addition to resident financial sector deposits) to LBP 43,039 billion, and the 41.47% (LBP 316.25 billion) drop in liabilities to the public sector to LBP 446 billion.

Abiding by legislative decree number 50 and subsequent BDL circulars, investment banks operating in Lebanon have managed over the last couple of years to increase their lending activity to the private sector while reducing their exposure to the public sector. As a result, the surplus, representing the difference between loans to the private sector and claims on the public sector, reached LBP 15,481 billion in December 2025 compared to LBP 16,177 billion in December 2024.