According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the consolidated balance sheet of financial institutions operating in Lebanon widened by 3.54% (LBP 1,572.93 billion) in the first two months of 2026 to LBP 46,032.74 billion, up from LBP 44,459.81 billion at year-end 2025. This can be attributed to the 7.49% (LBP 1,589.88 billion) increase in claims on customers to LBP 22,809.85 billion, coupled with the 18.79% (LBP 483.16 billion) rise in cash & deposits with central banks to LBP 3,053.92 billion, and the 2.05% (LBP 151.36 billion) increase in the value of fixed assets to LBP 7,535.51 billion, which altogether outweighed the 15.60% (LBP 508.07 billion) drop in claims on the non-resident financial sector to LBP 2,748.80 billion, the 0.76% (LBP 66.22 billion) decrease in claims on the resident financial sector to LBP 8,617.33 billion, and the 6.31% (LBP 65.51 billion) drop in the value of securities portfolio to LBP 971.90 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 49.55% and 18.72% of total assets on a respective basis. On the liabilities side, financial institutions’ other liabilities rose by 85.96% (LBP 7,362.83 billion) YTD February 2026 to LBP 15,928.61 billion, with customer deposits increasing by 16.77% (LBP 1,785.60 billion) to LBP 12,430.82 billion, and liabilities to the non-resident financial sector rising by 18.90% (LBP 545.78 billion) to LBP 3,432.95 billion, totally eroding the 51.18% (LBP 6,669.88 billion) drop in capital accounts to LBP 6,363.20 billion, the 20.28% (LBP 1,443.55 billion) decrease in liabilities to the resident financial sector to LBP 5,675.37 billion, and the 0.31% (LBP 4.71 billion) drop in issued debt securities to LBP 2,142.09 billion.