Held-to-maturity securities (amortized cost): US bank rankings

The five banks at the top of the table at Q2 2026 were Bank of America ($505.8 bn, NC), JPMorgan Chase Bank ($268.5 bn, OH), Wells Fargo Bank ($198.7 bn, SD), Citibank ($164.1 bn, SD) and Charles Schwab Bank, SSB ($110.9 bn, TX). 10 of the top 10 were also in the top 10 in Q1 2026. 2 of the top 10 have their head office in North Carolina.

Half of the 500 banks have a value between $0 and $374.1 mn (the middle two quarters of the table); one in ten is above $2.5 bn and one in ten below $0. A year earlier, at Q2 2025, the median was $28.1 mn across 528 banks. The median fell from $19.6 mn in Q1 2026 to $16.9 mn in Q2 2026.

64 values lie far from the rest of the table (more than three times the spread of the middle half beyond it): Bank of America ($505.8 bn); JPMorgan Chase Bank ($268.5 bn); Wells Fargo Bank ($198.7 bn); Citibank ($164.1 bn); Charles Schwab Bank, SSB ($110.9 bn); PNC Bank ($78.4 bn) and others. Values like these usually come from special-purpose banks, such as trust, custody, credit card or payment banks, whose balance sheets differ from lending banks; compare them with care.

Between Q1 2026 and Q2 2026, of the 500 banks ranked in both quarters, 420 moved up the table, 30 moved down and 50 kept their place; the typical bank moved 6 places.

Largest moves up the table from Q1 2026 to Q2 2026: OceanFirst Bank (from 90th to 46th; $853.7 mn to $2.9 bn); Capital One (from 62nd to 49th; $1.7 bn to $2.7 bn); WaFd Bank (from 98th to 88th; $745.7 mn to $858.3 mn). Largest moves down the table from Q1 2026 to Q2 2026: Hancock Whitney Bank (from 57th to 60th; $2.1 bn to $1.9 bn); PlainsCapital Bank (from 95th to 97th; $759.6 mn to $745.2 mn); First Interstate Bank (from 52nd to 54th; $2.3 bn to $2.2 bn).

Held-to-maturity debt securities at amortized cost (their balance-sheet value). Held-to-maturity securities (amortized cost) values are quarter-end figures from each bank's Call Report for Q2 2026, ranked from highest to lowest (1 = highest).

Full definitions are on the methodology page for held-to-maturity securities (amortized cost).