Erste Bank Polska Sa (BKZHF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. My name is Agnieszka Dowzycka. I'm Investor Relations Director at Ersta Bank Polska. I want to welcome you all to the presentation of Ersta Bank Polska earnings after the first half of 2026. Presentation will be led by Michal Gajewski, CEO, Maciej Reluga board member in charge of strategy investor relations, and Bernhard Leder, board member in charge of finance and accounting division at CFO. Bernhard Leder joined our board in June 2026. Before we start, Throughout this call, you can ask your question using the link available online. You can send me your questions directly to my email, but you can follow the presentation on our website. Good morning. Thank you, Agnieszka. Just like Agnieszka said, Bernhard is our new CFO. I have an immense pleasure of welcoming him. And let's start the presentation. So we have just completed our first full quarter operating entirely at Arista Bank Polska. It has been a very intensive period of introducing Our customers to a new brand and for ourselves because we're positioning the new brand on the Polish market. In my opinion, and I'll tell you why I think so, the customers and the market welcomed this change. And I have evidence for that brand Awareness ratios keep growing steadily. After just eight weeks of marketing campaign, we achieved double-digit brand awareness for Airstar among Polish customers. At the moment, one in three Poles recognizes the Airstar brand. And let me remind you, in January, at the outset, Our focus now is continuing to build both brand awareness for the brand and consideration for ASDA to fully leverage the acquisition potential. And we see after the results of the second quarter, the acquisition is going up. Our ambition remains the same. We want to be the best bank for both...