Kbc Group Sa Unsp/Adr (KBCSY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:04.855 Welcome to the KBC Group second quarter 2026 results conference call. 00:00:04.855 -- 00:00:09.518 For the first part of the conference call, the participants will be in listen-only mode. 00:00:09.518 -- 00:00:14.603 During the questions and answers session, participants are able to ask questions by dialing 00:00:14.603 -- 00:00:19.586 pound key 5 on their telephone keypad. Now I will hand the conference over to Kurt De 00:00:19.586 -- 00:00:24.236 Baenst, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. 00:00:24.236 -- 00:00:25.858 Thank you. 00:00:25.858 -- 00:00:31.186 A very good morning to all of you from the headquarters of KBC in Brussels and welcome 00:00:31.186 -- 00:00:36.614 to the KBC conference call. Today is Thursday, August 6th, 2026, 00:00:36.614 -- 00:00:41.338 and we are hosting the conference call on the second quarter results of KBC. 00:00:41.714 -- 00:00:46.980 As usual, we have Johan Thiers, our Group CEO with us, as well as Group CFO Bartel Puelinckx, 00:00:46.980 -- 00:00:49.804 and they will both elaborate on the results. 00:00:49.804 -- 00:00:54.729 As such, it's my pleasure to give the floor to our CEO, Johan Thiers, who will quickly 00:00:54.729 -- 00:00:57.610 run you through the presentation. 00:00:58.247 -- 00:01:03.568 Thank you very much, Kurt. And also from my side, a warm welcome on the announcement 00:01:03.568 -- 00:01:09.250 of the second quarter results. And as always, we start with the overview. 00:01:09.250 -- 00:01:14.471 And I'm very happy to announce a very excellent result over the second 00:01:14.471 -- 00:01:17.431 quarter, totaling €1,152,000,000. 00:01:19.753 -- 00:01:22.977 This is a return on tangible equity of 18%. 00:01:22.977 -- 00:01:28.003 And once again, it highlights that K...