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Net interest income
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Net interest income [abstract]  
Net interest income 20  Net interest income
Net interest income
in EUR million
2025
2024
2023
2025
2024
2023
Interest income on loans1
30,961
34,146
32,021
Interest expense on deposits2
12,843
15,105
11,940
Interest income on debt securities at amortised cost
1,333
1,204
877
Interest expense on debt securities in issue
5,105
5,254
4,014
Interest income on financial assets at fair value through OCI
1,790
1,481
1,078
Interest expense on subordinated loans
813
753
708
Interest income on non-trading derivatives (hedge accounting)
9,676
12,644
10,682
Interest expense on non-trading derivatives (hedge accounting)
10,957
13,767
11,849
Total interest income using effective interest rate method
43,760
49,474
44,658
Total interest expense using effective interest rate method
29,718
34,878
28,510
Interest income on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
5,401
6,343
4,934
Interest expense on financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
4,419
5,479
4,410
Interest income on non-trading derivatives (no hedge accounting)
2,044
3,168
2,637
Interest expense on non-trading derivatives (no hedge accounting)
2,059
3,308
3,131
Interest income other
123
173
171
Interest expense on lease liabilities
27
27
28
Total other interest income
7,568
9,685
7,741
Interest expense other
148
178
157
Total other interest expense
6,653
8,993
7,726
Total interest income
51,327
59,159
52,399
Total interest expense
36,371
43,871
36,237
Net interest income
14,957
15,288
16,162
1Includes interest income on loans to customers and banks, cash balances as well as negative interest on liabilities. Negative interest on liabilities amounted to EUR 11 million (2024: EUR  7 million; 2023: EUR  19 million).
2Includes interest paid on deposits from customers and banks, and negative interest on assets. Negative interest on assets amounted to EUR 12 million (2024: EUR  1 million; 2023: nil).
Net interest income was affected by reversing the hedge accounting impacts that are applied under EU ‘IAS 39
carve-out’ with an impact of EUR 276 million (2024: EUR 265 million; 2023: EUR 187 million). The net decrease,
without the IAS 39 carve out impact, is EUR 342 million.
For 2024 Interest expense on deposits includes interest paid under the TLTRO III programme of EUR  59 million
(2023: EUR 557 million). The funding under this programme was fully repaid during the first quarter of 2024.