According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the consolidated balance sheet of financial institutions operating in Lebanon widened by 6.27% (LBP 2,789.59 billion) as at end of January 2026 to LBP 47,249.40 billion, up from LBP 44,459.81 billion at year-end 2025. This can be attributed to the 14.23% (LBP 3,018.75 billion) increase in claims on customers to LBP 24,238.73 billion, coupled with the 23.07% (LBP 593.14 billion) rise in cash & deposits with central banks to LBP 3,163.90 billion, and the 1.51% (LBP 111.23 billion) increase in the value of fixed assets to LBP 7,495.38 billion, which altogether outweighed the 6.48% (LBP 562.77 billion) drop in claims on the resident financial sector to LBP 8,120.78 billion, the 19.18% (LBP 199.00 billion) decrease in the value of securities portfolio to LBP 838.41 billion, and the 4.79% (LBP 155.88 billion) drop in claims on the non-resident financial sector to LBP 3,100.99 billion. It is worth noting that claims on customers and claims on the resident financial sector are the two largest asset categories on financial institutions’ balance sheet, accounting for 51.30% and 17.19% of total assets on a respective basis. On the liabilities side, financial institutions’ other liabilities rose by 90.99% (LBP 7,794.27 billion) at end of January 2026 to LBP 16,360.05 billion, with customer deposits increasing by 16.51% (LBP 1,757.89 billion) to LBP 12,403.10 billion, and liabilities to the non-resident financial sector rising by 6.41% (LBP 184.95 billion) to LBP 3,072.12 billion, totally eroding the 52.40% (LBP 6,829.48 billion) drop in capital accounts to LBP 6,203.60 billion, the 1.73% (LBP 123.50 billion) decrease in liabilities to the resident financial sector to LBP 6,995.43 billion, and the 7.73% (LBP 4.71 billion) drop in public sector deposits to LBP 56.26 billion.