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Cross-border lending to NBFIs hits record $678bn in Q1

Half of international bank credit flows to shadow banks, despite growing regulatory concerns

Global cross-border bank credit climbed to an all-time high of $34.7 trillion in Q1 2025, fuelled by the largest-ever quarterly increase in lending to non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs). Data from the Bank for International Settlements shows credit to the sector rose by $678 billion in the three months to end-March – almost half of the total increase. 

On an exchange-rate and break-adjusted

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