• Banco Mercantil’s third-quarter 2026 earnings call featured CEO Gustavo Araújo, CFO Paulino Rodrigues and investor relations head Leonardo Ferraz.
• Net income rose 10% to R$ 279 million despite a 28% decline in loan originations.
• Rodrigues attributed the cost-of-risk decline to 4.8% entirely to nonrecurring items; he expects it above 6% in the fourth quarter.
• Nonperforming loans reached 4.1%, up 1.3 percentage points, primarily reflecting pressure from private-sector payroll loans.
• Management expects monthly INSS payroll loan originations across the market of R$ 10 billion–R$ 11 billion in 2027, following operational normalization.

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