This pricing supplement, which is not complete, relates to an automatically effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We may not sell the notes until we deliver afinal pricing supplement. This pricing supplement and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus are not an offer to sell these notes in any jurisdiction where such an offer would not be Prudential Financial InterNotes®, Due Six Months or More from Date of IssueFiled under Rule 424(b)(2), Registration Statement No. 333-277590Preliminary Pricing Supplement No. 41 - Dated Monday, May 18, 2026. To Prospectus Dated March 1, 2024 and Prospectus Supplement dated August 5, 2024 Investors should read this pricing supplement in conjunction with the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement. Any notes sold by the selling agents to securities dealers, or by securities dealers to certain other brokers or dealers, may be sold at a discount from the initial selling price up to 0.6000% of theprincipal amount. Redemption Information:Non-Callable Purchasing Agent:InspereX LLCAgents:Academy Securities, Inc., BofA / Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, Wells Fargo Advisors Prudential Financial, Inc.Prudential Financial Internotes®Prospectus Dated March 1, 2024 andProspectus Supplement Dated August 5, 2024 Offering Date: Monday, May 18, 2026 through Tuesday, May 26, 2026Trade Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026 @ 12:00 PM ETSettle Date: Friday, May 29, 2026Minimum Denomination/Increments: $1,000.00/$1,000.00Initial trades settle flat and clear SDFS: DTC Book-Entry onlyDTC Number 0235 via RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. If the maturity date, redemption date or an interest payment date for any note is not a business day (as that term is defined in theprospectus), principal, premium, if any, and interest for that note is paid on the next business day, and no interest will accrue from, andafter, the maturity date, redemption date or interest payment date (following unadjusted business day convention). * The survivor’s option feature of your note is subject to important limitations, restrictions and procedural requirements further described on page S-32 of your prospectus supplement. The Bank of New York will act as trustee for the Notes. Citibank, N.A., will act as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent for the Notesand will administer any survivor’s options with respect thereto. Notes will be sold to you at the selling price specified in this Pricing Supplement. The Purchasing Agent shall purchase notes from us atthe selling price less the applicable gross concession specified in this Pricing Supplement. The Purchasing Agent may resell the notes itpurchases to the agents and selected dealers at the selling price less a concession that, at the discretion of the Purchasing Agent, may beless than or equal to the gross concession received by the Purchasing Agent. Notes purchased by the agents and selected dealers on behalfof level-fee investment advisory accounts may be sold to such accounts at the selling price less the applicable concession, and such agentsand selected dealers shall not retain, as compensation, any portion of such concession applicable to such selling agents and dealers. In that InterNotes®is a registered trademark of InspereX Holdings LLC. All Rights Reserved.