Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning, my name is Julianne and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the MasterCard Incorporated Q2 2026 earnings conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers are marked, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. We've only pressed star 1 once to queue up for a question. As pressing star 1 multiple times, they have pressed their position in the queue. If you would like to withdraw your question, press star 1. Thank you. Richard Devin Corr, Head of Investor Relations, you may now begin your conference. Thank you, Julianne. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for our second quarter 2026 earnings call. With me today are Michael Miebach, our Chief Executive Officer, Sachin Mehra, our Chief Financial Officer, and Ling Hai. are president of Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and incoming CFO effective August 3rd. Following comments from Michael and Sachin, the operator will announce your opportunity to get into the queue for the Q&A session. It is only then that the queue will open for questions. You can access our earnings release, supplemental performance data, and the slide deck that accompanied this call in the investor relations section of our website, MasterCard.com. Additionally, the release was furnished with the SEC earlier this morning. are summarized at the end of our earnings release and our recent SEC filings. A replay of this call will be posted on our website for 30 days. With that, I will now turn the call over to our Chief Executive Officer, Michael Miebach. Thank you, Devin. Good mor...