Bank Leumi Le Israel (BLMIF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.209 -- 00:00:05.291 Good day everyone, and thank you for joining Bank Leumi's conference call for 00:00:05.291 -- 00:00:08.392 the second quarter of 2026. 00:00:08.433 -- 00:00:13.455 Joining me today are Mr. Hanan Friedman, President and CEO, and 00:00:13.455 -- 00:00:18.338 Ms. Hagit Argov, CFO and Head of the Finance Division. 00:00:18.338 -- 00:00:23.720 The presentation accompanying this call is available on the Bank's Investor Relations 00:00:23.720 -- 00:00:25.221 website. 00:00:25.221 -- 00:00:30.449 At the conclusion of the presentation, we will have a Q&A session. 00:00:30.449 -- 00:00:36.052 Before we begin, I would like to remind you that the conference call may include forward-looking 00:00:36.052 -- 00:00:40.174 statement, while actual results may be different. 00:00:40.174 -- 00:00:45.256 I would also refer you to the disclaimer on slide two, which applies equally 00:00:45.256 -- 00:00:49.118 to this call. I will now hand it over to Mr. 00:00:49.118 -- 00:00:53.379 Hanan Friedman. Hanan, go ahead. 00:00:54.381 -- 00:00:58.385 Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. 00:00:58.385 -- 00:01:02.366 We concluded the second quarter with strong results. 00:01:02.366 -- 00:01:07.728 Net income reached above 2.8 billion shekels, marking 00:01:07.728 -- 00:01:12.910 the highest quarterly net income ever recorded by an Israeli bank. 00:01:12.910 -- 00:01:16.991 Our ROE in the second quarter was 16.3%, 00:01:16.991 -- 00:01:20.193 among the highest in the sector. 00:01:20.193 -- 00:01:25.514 Every quarter we present our results and discuss our strategy, which is built 00:01:25.514 -- 00:01:30.850 around technological leadership and the adoption of AI that enables 00:01:30.850 -- 00:01:35.491 us to differentiate ourselves from the compet...