NatWest Group PLC (NWG) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:01.195 -- 00:00:06.582 Good morning and welcome to NatWest Group's Q1 2026 results management 00:00:06.582 -- 00:00:08.004 presentation. 00:00:08.004 -- 00:00:13.010 Today's presentation will be hosted by CEO Paul Thwaite and CFO Katie 00:00:13.010 -- 00:00:17.694 Murray. After the presentation, we will take questions. 00:00:18.898 -- 00:00:20.980 Good morning and thank you for joining us today. 00:00:20.980 -- 00:00:26.107 As usual, I'm here with Katie. I'll start with a brief introduction before Katie 00:00:26.107 -- 00:00:30.457 takes you through the numbers and we'll then open it up for questions. 00:00:30.457 -- 00:00:35.063 We started the year with strong momentum across our three businesses and made good progress 00:00:35.063 -- 00:00:38.448 against each of our three strategic priorities. 00:00:38.448 -- 00:00:42.073 First, we continue to pursue disciplined growth. 00:00:42.073 -- 00:00:46.679 In retail banking, we increased our share of the mortgage market as we expand our offering 00:00:46.679 -- 00:00:52.347 and announce new partnerships, such as becoming the exclusive mortgage provider for Rightmove. 00:00:52.347 -- 00:00:56.612 In private banking and wealth management, our acquisition of Evelyn Partners makes a 00:00:56.612 -- 00:01:01.111 strong addition to the group. The transaction is progressing well and we expect it to 00:01:01.111 -- 00:01:06.797 complete in the second quarter, subject to the usual regulatory approval. 00:01:06.797 -- 00:01:11.302 In commercial and institutional, we are the leading bank for UK startups and we grew 00:01:11.302 -- 00:01:17.168 our share this quarter as we onboarded 24,000 new startups, a 25% uplift 00:01:17.168 -- 00:01:23.094 on the same period last year, supported by easier, agentic onboarding. 00:01:2...