Cross-border banking exposure / Turks and Caicos Islands
What the world’s banks lend to Turks and Caicos Islands
The funding view: cross-border claims of BIS-reporting banks on Turks and Caicos Islands, from the locational statistics (LBS, by lender residence), with the consolidated claims by bank nationality (CBS) alongside. BIS-reporting banks held $636M of cross-border claims on Turks and Caicos Islands in Q4 2025, from $11M when the series begins in Q4 1983.
Cross-border claims on Turks and Caicos Islands, Q4 1983–Q4 2025
LBS cross-border claims of all reporting banks on Turks and Caicos Islands, in USD billions, quarterly. The GFC and COVID quarters are shaded. This is the residence view, where a claim counts by where the lending bank sits, so a claim on Turks and Caicos Islands booked from any reporting jurisdiction is included.
Source: BIS Locational Banking Statistics (WS_LBS_D_PUB), BIS Data Portal (data.bis.org). Selection: cross-border claims (measure C), all reporting countries (5A) vs Turks and Caicos Islands as counterparty, all instruments, all currencies, all counterparty sectors, quarterly, amounts outstanding. License: free with “Source: BIS” attribution. Values shown in USD billions; raw BIS unit is USD millions. Methodology
Consolidated claims by bank nationality
CBS international claims on Turks and Caicos Islands in Q4 2025, broken out by the nationality of the lending banks (where the parent is headquartered, worldwide-consolidated, immediate-counterparty basis). The top 5 reporting banking systems shown account for $826M of the $910M consolidated total. This is a different measure from the residence-based claims above and is not additive with them.
| Bank nationality | International claims | Share of the largest |
|---|---|---|
| CAN Canada | $702M | |
| CHE Switzerland | $100M | |
| FRA France | $15M | |
| GBR United Kingdom | $8M | |
| AUT Austria | $1M |
Source: BIS Consolidated Banking Statistics (WS_CBS_PUB), BIS Data Portal (data.bis.org). Selection: international claims (measure I, domestic banks 4B, immediate-counterparty basis F), individual reporting banking system by nationality vs Turks and Caicos Islands as counterparty, latest quarter, amounts outstanding. License: free with “Source: BIS” attribution. CBS carries claims only; it has no liabilities measure by design. Methodology
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