SLM Corporation (SLM) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Thank you for your continued patience. Your meeting will begin shortly. If you need assistance at any time, please press star zero and a member of our team will be happy to help you. ¶¶ . . . . ¶¶ . . . . . . . Please stand by, your program is about to begin. Welcome to the Sallie Mae First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants have been placed on a listen-only mode and the floor will be open for your questions following the prepared remarks. If you would like to ask a question at that time, please press star 1 on your telephone keypad. If at any point your question has been answered, you may remove yourself from the queue by pressing star 2. Though others can hear your question clearly, we ask that you pick up your handset for best sound quality. Lastly, if you should require operator assistance, please press star 0. I would now like to turn the call over to Melissa Bernau, Managing Vice President, Strategic Finance. Please go ahead. Thank you, Erica. Good evening and welcome to Sallie Mae's first quarter 2026 earnings call. It is my pleasure to be here today with John Witter, our CEO, and Pete Graham, our CFO. After the prepared remarks, we will open the call for questions. Before we begin, keep in mind our discussion will contain predictions, expectations, and forward-looking statements. Actual results in the future may be materially different from those discussed here due to a variety of factors. Listeners should refer to the discussion of those factors in the company's Form 10-Q and other filings with the SEC. For Sallie Mae, these factors include, among others, results of operations, financial conditions and or cash flows, as well as any potential impacts of various external factors on our business. We undertake no obligation to ...