OCC Reports First Quarter 2026 Bank Trading Revenue — 2026-06-30

WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported cumulative trading revenue of U.S. commercial banks and savings associations of $16.3 billion in the first quarter of 2026. The first quarter trading revenue was $1.7 billion, or 11.4 percent, more than in the previous quarter and $862 million, or 5.6 percent, more than a year earlier. In the report, Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities, the OCC also reported that as of the first quarter of 2026: a total of 1,192 insured U.S. national and state commercial banks and savings associations held derivatives. four large banks held 79.1 percent of the total banking industry notional amount of derivatives. initial credit exposure from derivatives before netting increased in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the fourth quarter of 2025. Net current credit exposure increased $84.1 billion, or 34.8 percent, to $325 billion.