On its third-quarter 2026 earnings call, held on Oct. 22, 2026, Columbia Banking (NASDAQ:COLB) announced a new $1.2 billion share repurchase program and an expansion of net interest margins. Replacing high-cost institutional debt with customer deposits strengthens the balance sheet while recurring commercial business expands noninterest fee generation. Disciplined execution allows the regional lender to return excess capital while expanding market share across Western states. Three takeaways from the call stand out. Columbia Banking completed a prior buyback plan that shrank its outstanding share count by 8%. Leveraging ongoing capital creation, leadership authorized a new multiyear repurchase program to deliver continuous shareholder value. By replacing $1.5 billion in high-cost wholesale funding -- institutional borrowings rather than customer deposits -- with core client accounts, Columbia Banking expanded its net interest margin, which measures the spread between interest earned on assets and paid on deposits.
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