National Bank of Greece S.A. (NBGRY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

SA Transcripts 161.4K Followers Follow National Bank of Greece S.A. ( NBGRY ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call July 30, 2026 12:00 PM EDT Company Participants Paul Mylonas - CEO & Executive Director Christos Christodoulou - GM & Group CFO Conference Call Participants Benjamin Caven-Roberts - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Mehmet Sevim - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Alexander Demetriou - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Gabor Kemeny - Bernstein Autonomous LLP Panagiotis Kladis - Alpha Finance Investment Services S.A., Research Division Luis Garrido Regalado - BofA Securities, Research Division Presentation Operator Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. I am Maria, your Chorus Call operator. Welcome, and thank you for joining the National Bank of Greece conference call to present and discuss the second quarter 2026 financial results. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Pavlos Mylonas, CEO of National Bank of Greece. Mr. Mylonas, you may now proceed. Paul Mylonas CEO & Executive Director Good afternoon, everyone, and good morning for those joining from the U.S. Welcome to our second quarter 2026 financial results call. I'm joined by Christos Christodoulou, the Group CFO; and Greg Papagrigoris, Group Head of IR. After my introductory remarks, Christos will go into more detail on our financial performance, and then we will turn to Q&A. So let's begin. On the macro front, we continue to navigate an environment of elevated volatility, yet both the Greek economy and the banking sector have demonstrated remarkable resilience, consistently revealing a capacity to adopt and create value during a highly challenging external backdrop. Recall that at the beginning of the year, the base case scenario envisaged a gradual normalization of the geopolitical environment from midyear, a date already passed. In fact, the second quarter once again exceeded expectations, particularly the corporate sector, while the fundamental drivers underpinning Greece's growth trajectory remained intact