Operator

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Valley National Bancorp First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded.

I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Andrew Jianette, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Andrew Jianette
Investor Relations Executive

Good morning, and welcome to Valley's First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. I'm joined today by CEO, Ira Robbins; and CFO, Travis Lan. Our quarterly earnings release and supporting documents are available at valley.com. Reconciliations of any non-GAAP measures mentioned on the call can be found in today's earnings release and presentation.

Please also note Slide 2 of our earnings presentation and remember that comments made today may include forward-looking statements about Valley National Bancorp and the banking industry. For more information on these forward-looking statements and associated risk factors, please refer to our SEC filings, including Forms 8-K, 10-Q and 10-K.

With that, I'll turn the call over to Ira Robbins.

Ira Robbins
President, CEO & Chairman

Thank you, Andrew. Valley delivered another strong quarter with net income of approximately $164 million or $0.28