---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000798941-26-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FCNCA"
cik: "0000798941"
company_name: "FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:44:08.130700+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "low"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Citizens Q1 2026: $900M buyback, $2.5B debt prepaid; CEO cites growth

## Summary
- Chairman Holding reports loan and deposit growth, resilient credit quality, return metrics exceeding expectations.
- Returned $900M to stockholders via share repurchases during Q1 2026.
- Prepaid $2.50B of Purchase Money Note; capital and liquidity positions remain strong.
- Specific EPS, revenue, and margin data not included in excerpt; see Exhibits 99.1 and 99.3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000798941-26-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FCNCA
- cik: 0000798941
- company_name: FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: low
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798941/000079894126000018/0000798941-26-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798941/000079894126000018/fcnca-20260423.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000798941-26-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC /DE/ reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 23, 2026, First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (“BancShares”) announced its results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798941/000079894126000018/0000798941-26-000018-index.htm

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