Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) Q2 2026 Earnings Call July 22, 2026 12:00 PM EDT
Company Participants
Miles Pondelik – Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Development
Kenneth Vecchione – Chairman, President & CEO
Vishal Idnani – Chief Financial Officer
Dale Gibbons – Vice Chairman and Chief Banking Officer, Deposit Initiatives & Innovation
Lynnee Herndon – Chief Credit Officer
Timothy Bruckner – Chief Banking Officer For Regional Banking
Conference Call Participants
David Smith – Truist Securities, Inc., Research Division
Anthony Elian – JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division
Jared David Shaw – Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division
Ebrahim Poonawala – BofA Securities, Research Division
Sun Young Lee – TD Cowen, Research Division
Casey Haire
Bernard Von Gizycki – Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division
Gary Tenner – D.A. Davidson & Co., Research Division
Timur Braziler – UBS Investment Bank, Research Division
Christopher McGratty – Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc., Research Division
Presentation
Operator
Good day, everyone. Welcome to Western Alliance Bancorporation’s Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. You may also view the presentation today via webcast through the company’s website at www.westernalliancebancorporation.com. I would now like to turn the call over to Miles Pondelik, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Development. Please go ahead, Miles.
Miles Pondelik
Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Development
Good day, everyone. Welcome to Western Alliance Bancorporation’s Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. You may also view the presentation today via webcast through the company’s website at www.westernalliancebancorporation.com.
Our speakers today are Ken Vecchione, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Vishal Idnani, Chief Financial Officer. Before I hand the call over to Ken, please note that today’s presentation contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Except as required by law, the company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements. For a more complete discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, please refer to the










