• StoneCo’s 2Q26 earnings call featured CEO Mateus Scherer, CFO and IRO Diego Salgado, IR head Roberta Noronha.
• New positioning launched: “Stone, the bank for entrepreneurs,” aiming to shift perception beyond payments to banking and credit cross-sell.
• Pagar.me integrated into Stone, combining online and in-person commerce in one account to target faster-growing digital transactions and deepen credit underwriting.
• Management kept 2026 guidance but targeted the low end as interest rates stayed higher; 1H adjusted gross profit R$ 3.1 billion, adjusted basic EPS R$ 4.58.
• Credit portfolio reached R$ 3.8 billion; government-backed loans about R$ 300 million; provisions R$ 188 million; cost of risk 21.5%.

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