GREEN DOT CORP (GDOT) Business

ITEM 1. Business

Overview

Founded in 1999, Green Dot Corporation (“we,” “our,” or “us” refer to Green Dot Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries) is a financial technology platform and registered bank holding company that builds banking and payment solutions to create value, retain and reward customers, and accelerate growth for businesses of all sizes. For more than two decades, we have delivered financial tools and services that address the most pressing financial needs of consumers and businesses, and that transform the way people and businesses manage and move money.

As the regulated entity and issuing bank for the substantial majority of products and services we provide, whether our own or on behalf of our partners, we are directly accountable for all aspects of each program’s integrity, inclusive of ensuring the program’s compliance with all applicable banking regulations, state and federal law and our various internal governance policies and procedures, in addition to deploying enterprise-class risk management practices and procedures to ensure each program’s initial and ongoing safety and soundness. Green Dot Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Green Dot Corporation and member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Proposed Transactions with CommerceOne Financial Corporation and Smith Ventures, LLC

In connection with a strategic review process we commenced in March 2025 (our “strategic review process”), on November 23, 2025, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), with CommerceOne Financial Corporation, an Alabama corporation (“CommerceOne”), Compass Sub North, Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of CommerceOne (“New CommerceOne”), Compass Sub East, Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of New CommerceOne (“Merger Sub One”), and Compass Sub West, Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of New CommerceOne (“Merger Sub Two”), pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions therein, (i) Merger Sub One will merge with and into CommerceOne, with CommerceOne surviving (the “CommerceOne Merger”), and Merger Sub Two will merge with and into Green Dot Corporation, with Green Dot Corporation surviving (the “Green Dot Merger,” and together with the CommerceOne Merger, the “First Mergers”); and (ii) following the First Mergers, CommerceOne will merge with and into New CommerceOne, with New CommerceOne surviving under the name “CommerceOne Financial Corporation” (together with the First Mergers, the “Mergers”).

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the First Mergers (the “First Effective Time”), each share of common stock of Green Dot Corporation, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time, other than certain excluded shares held by us, CommerceOne, New CommerceOne or our dissenting stockholders, will be converted into the right to receive (i) 0.2215 shares of the common stock of New CommerceOne and (ii) an amount in cash equal to $8.11 (the “Per Share Cash Consideration”), less any withholding and without interest.

Also on November 23, 2025, we entered into a separation agreement (the “Separation Agreement”), with New CommerceOne and Green Dot OpCo, LLC, a newly formed Delaware limited liability company and affiliate of Smith Ventures LLC, an Alabama limited liability company (“Payments Buyer”), pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions therein, following the First Mergers, (i) Green Dot Corporation will convert into a limited liability company, (ii) Green Dot Corporation will distribute the stock of Green Dot Bank to Compass Sub Northwest, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of New CommerceOne, and (iii) Payments Buyer will acquire Green Dot Corporation and its non-bank financial technology and related assets and operations (the “Payments Business”) for $690 million (the “Payments Sale”), the proceeds of which will be paid to New CommerceOne and are expected to be used to fund the Per Share Cash Consideration and to retire certain indebtedness of Green Dot Corporation.

The Merger Agreement and the Separation Agreement were unanimously approved by our Board of Directors. The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the Separation Agreement remains subject to the receipt of required regulatory approvals, approval by the stockholders of Green Dot Corporation and CommerceOne and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.

For additional information regarding potential risks and uncertainties associated with such transactions, please see Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors below.

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Our Products and Services

We offer a broad spectrum of financial products to consumers and businesses through our portfolio of brands, including: GO2bank, a leading digital and mobile bank account offering simple, secure and useful banking for Americans living paycheck to paycheck; the Green Dot Network of more than 90,000 retail distribution and cash access locations nationwide; Arc by Green Dot, the single-source embedded finance platform combining all of our secure banking and money processing capabilities to power businesses at all stages of growth; rapid! wage and disbursements solutions, providing pay card and earned wage access services to more than 7,000 businesses and their employees; and Santa Barbara Tax Products Group (“SBTPG”), our tax division, which processes on average approximately 13 million tax refunds annually.

Through our brands, we offer several deposit account programs, including:

•Innovative consumer and small business checking account products that allow customers to acquire and manage their checking account entirely through a mobile application available on smartphone devices;

•Network-branded reloadable prepaid debit cards marketed under several leading consumer brand names;

•Network-branded gift cards (known as open-loop) that are sold at participating retail stores; and

•Secured credit programs designed to help people establish or rehabilitate their national credit bureau score.

We earn revenues from these deposit account programs primarily through:

•Fees assessed to merchants for purchase transactions initiated by our accountholders (commonly known as interchange);

•Card revenues and other fees, principally consisting of fees charged to accountholders for certain transactions and usage of our products, and program management service fees we earn from our partners for use of our technology platform and our program management capabilities; and

•Interest income earned from the investment of deposits held at Green Dot Bank.

Our deposit account programs are generally issued by Green Dot Bank, but we also manage programs issued by third-party issuing banks as a result of prior acquisitions. We focus our consumer deposit account programs on our flagship product, GO2bank, offering consumers simple and accessible mobile banking designed to help improve financial health over time. GO2bank offers features such as consumer friendly overdraft protection, high-value rewards, high-interest savings, and opportunities to establish, build, and track credit, regardless of credit history.

We also offer a variety of products and services that specialize in facilitating the movement of funds on behalf of consumers and businesses, referred to as money processing and tax processing services.

Our money processing services include:

•Cash transfer services that enable consumers to deposit or pick up cash and pay bills with cash at the point-of-sale at any participating retailer. We offer this service to our deposit account programs and any third-party bank or program manager (which we refer to as network acceptance members) that has enabled its cards to accept funds through our processing system. We refer to this retail cash transaction network as the Green Dot Network; and

•Disbursement services that enable wages and any type of authorized funds disbursement to be sent to our deposit account programs and accounts issued by any third-party bank or program manager.

Our tax processing services are designed for participants in the tax industry and include:

•Tax refund transfers that provide the processing technology to facilitate receipt of a taxpayer's refund proceeds. When a customer of a third-party tax preparation provider chooses to pay their tax preparation fees using our processing services, we deduct the tax preparation service fee and our processing service fee from the customer's refund and remit the remaining balance to the customer's account;

•Small business lending to independent tax preparation providers that seek small advances in order to help provide working capital prior to generating income during the tax filing season; and

•Fast Cash Advance, a consumer-friendly loan that enables tax refund recipients utilizing our tax processing services the opportunity to receive a portion of their expected tax refund amount in advance of receiving their actual tax refund.

We earn revenues primarily through fees charged to consumers on a per transaction basis for cash transfer services, tax refund transfers and disbursements.

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Our Distribution Strategy

We offer our products and services to a broad group of consumers, ranging from never-banked to fully-banked consumers. We focus our sales and marketing efforts on acquisition of long-term users of our products and services, enhancing our brands and image, building market adoption and awareness of our products and services, improving customer retention, and increasing overall usage.

Our products and services are distributed and organized under our three reportable segments: 1) Business to Business ("B2B") Services, 2) Consumer Services, and 3) Money Movement Services.

B2B Services

Our B2B Services segment consists of revenues and expenses derived from (i) our partnerships with prominent consumer and technology companies that make our banking products and services available to their consumers, partners and workforce through integration with our banking platform (the "Banking-as-a-Service", or "BaaS channel"), and (ii) a comprehensive payroll platform that we offer to corporate enterprises (the "Employer channel"), to facilitate payments for today’s workforce. Our products and services in this segment include deposit account programs, such as consumer and small business checking accounts and prepaid cards, as well as disbursements services utilized by our partners.

In our BaaS channel, our partners make our banking products and services available to their consumers, partners and workforce in the United States through integration with our banking platform, expanding our addressable market to a broader spectrum of consumers as well as small businesses. Our banking platform includes an integrated bank, full program management services and enterprise-grade technology. Our largest customers include Apple, Inc., Intuit, Inc., Dayforce, Inc., and Amazon.com, Inc., among others.

In our Employer channel, we offer a comprehensive platform to corporate enterprises to facilitate payments made for today’s workforce, including:

•PayCard programs that help corporate enterprises eliminate paper checks, reduce costs and improve efficiency;

•On demand employee wage access; and

•Affordable instant digital pay options that replace slow and costly traditional pay methods.

Consumer Services

Our Consumer Services segment consists of revenues and expenses derived from deposit account programs, such as consumer checking accounts, prepaid cards, secured credit cards, and gift cards that we offer to consumers (i) through distribution arrangements with more than 90,000 retail locations and neighborhood Financial Service Center locations (the "Retail channel"), and (ii) directly through various marketing channels, such as online search engine optimization, online displays, direct mail campaigns, mobile advertising, and affiliate referral programs (the "Direct channel").

In our Retail channel, we operate a supply chain comprised of proprietary technology and third-party vendors to design, manufacture and distribute packaging containing ready-to-use debit cards to our network of retail locations. Consumers can purchase these debit cards and initially load funds to the account in-store. In our Direct channel, consumers can open an account online or through our mobile app.

Once consumers register their account with us, the account can be loaded through a variety of funding mechanisms, such as payroll direct deposit or utilizing our money processing services.

Money Movement Services

Our Money Movement Services segment consists of revenues and expenses generated on a per transaction basis from our services that specialize in facilitating the movement of cash on behalf of consumers and businesses, such as money processing services and tax refund processing services.

Our money processing services, such as cash deposit and disbursements, are marketed to third-party banks, program managers, and other companies seeking cash deposit and disbursement capabilities for their customers. Those customers, including our own accountholders, can access our cash deposit and disbursement services at any of the locations within our network of retail distributors and neighborhood Financial Service Centers.

We market our tax related financial services through a network of tax preparation franchises, independent tax professionals and online tax preparation providers, which are sometimes referred to as electronic return originators,

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or “EROs.” We also offer these consumers the option to deposit their tax refund proceeds onto one of our debit account products, which further expands the reach of our deposit account programs.

Our Technology Platform

Our vertically integrated technology and banking platform utilizes a combination of proprietary and third-party technologies and services to power a large ecosystem of financial service solutions through numerous distribution channels. The technology infrastructure supporting our platform is designed to minimize service disruptions, provide reasonable assurance of business continuity in the event of catastrophic occurrences and defend against data breaches and cybersecurity incidents. We continuously invest in security tools and other security technologies to protect our data and help keep our customers and partners safe. Our technology leverages data centers and cloud computing technology. We are committed to continuously improving the efficiency, scalability, and security of our platform to enhance the customer experience, remain competitive and support our growth.

Our Relationship with Walmart

Walmart, Inc. ("Walmart") is our largest retail distributor. We are the provider of the Walmart MoneyCard product sold at Walmart, and Green Dot Bank is the issuer of those card accounts. As the issuing bank, Green Dot Bank holds the associated Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") insured deposits. Pursuant to our agreement with Walmart, we design and deliver the Walmart MoneyCard product and provide all ongoing program support, including network IT, regulatory and legal compliance, website functionality, customer service and loss management. In addition to Walmart MoneyCard products, we offer our Green Dot-branded and GO2bank deposit account products at Walmart, providing consumers the choice to purchase either Green Dot-branded products or Walmart MoneyCard products. Walmart provides us with shelf space to display and offer the deposit accounts to consumers. All Walmart MoneyCard products are reloadable exclusively on the Green Dot Network. Additionally, Walmart enables cash transfer services for our deposit account programs and third-party programs through the Green Dot Network.

Our operating revenues derived from the several products and services we offer through Walmart stores and other Walmart distribution avenues in aggregate represented approximately 7%, 10%, and 17% of our total operating revenues for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

Seasonality

We experience seasonal fluctuations in revenue, with the first half of each year being favorably affected by large numbers of taxpayers electing to receive their tax refunds via direct deposit on our cards. Additionally, our tax refund processing services business is highly seasonal as it generates the majority of its revenue in the first quarter, and substantially all of its revenue in the first half of each calendar year. We expect our revenue in future periods to continue to fluctuate due to the seasonal factors described above.

Competition

We compete against companies and financial institutions across the retail banking, financial services, transaction processing, consumer technology and financial technology services industries and may compete with others in the market who may in the future provide offerings similar to ours.

We compete primarily on the basis of the following:

•breadth of distribution;

•speed and quality of innovation;

•reliability of system performance and security;

•scalability of platform services;

•quality of service;

•customer satisfaction;

•compliance and regulatory capabilities;

•brand recognition and reputation; and

•pricing.

We believe our products and services compete favorably with respect to these factors. The risks associated with our competitors are more fully discussed in “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors.”

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Intellectual Property

We rely on a combination of patent, trademark and copyright laws and trade secret protections in the United States, as well as confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions, to protect the intellectual property rights related to our products and services.

We own several trademarks, including Green Dot. Through agreements with our network acceptance members, retail distributors and customers, we authorize and monitor the use of our trademarks in connection with their activities with us.

Our patent portfolio currently consists of 18 issued patents. The current remaining terms for the patents we hold vary between approximately 1 and 13 years. We feel many of our patents and applications are important to our business and help differentiate our products and services from those of our competitors.

The industries in which we compete are characterized by rapidly changing technology, a large number of patents, and frequent claims and related litigation regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. There can be no assurance that our patents and other proprietary rights will not be challenged, invalidated, or circumvented; that others will not assert intellectual property rights to technologies that are relevant to us; or that our rights will give us a competitive advantage. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries may not protect our proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. The risks associated with patents and intellectual property are more fully discussed in “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors.”

Regulation and Supervision

General

Our business is highly regulated under federal and state laws. We and our subsidiaries are subject to supervision, regulation and examination by various federal and state regulators, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”), the Utah Department of Financial Institutions (the “Utah DFI”), and various other federal and state regulatory agencies. The statutory and regulatory framework that governs us is generally intended to protect depositors and customers, the FDIC’s Deposit Insurance Fund (the “DIF”), the U.S. banking and financial system, and financial markets as a whole, and not for the protection of our stockholders or creditors.

Banking statutes, regulations and policies are continually under review by Congress, state legislatures and federal and state regulatory agencies. In addition to laws and regulations, federal and state bank regulatory agencies may issue policy statements, interpretive letters and similar written guidance applicable to Green Dot Corporation and its subsidiaries. Any change in the statutes, regulations or regulatory policies applicable to us, including changes in their interpretation or implementation, could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Both the scope of the laws and regulations and the intensity of the supervision to which bank holding companies such as Green Dot Corporation are subject increased in response to the global financial crisis of 2008, as well as other factors such as technological and market changes. Regulatory enforcement and fines have also increased across the banking and financial services sector. Many of these changes occurred as a result of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) and its implementing regulations. We expect that our business will remain subject to extensive regulation and supervision.

We are also subject to the disclosure and regulatory requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act both as administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), as well as the rules of the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") that apply to companies with securities listed on the NYSE.

The following discussion describes certain elements of the comprehensive regulatory framework applicable to us. This discussion is not intended to describe all laws and regulations applicable to Green Dot Corporation, Green Dot Bank and our other subsidiaries and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the statutes, regulations, policies, interpretive letters and other written guidance that are described.

Regulatory Agencies

We are a bank holding company (a “BHC”) registered with the Federal Reserve under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHC Act”). As a BHC, Green Dot Corporation is subject to the requirements of the BHC Act as well as supervision, regulation and examination by the Federal Reserve, which serves as the primary federal banking regulator of our consolidated organization.

As an FDIC-insured commercial bank that is chartered under the laws of Utah and a member of the Federal Reserve System, Green Dot Bank and its subsidiaries are subject to regulation, supervision and examination by the FDIC, Federal Reserve and the Utah DFI.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) has broad rulemaking authority over a wide range of federal consumer protection laws applicable to the business of Green Dot Bank. Because Green Dot Bank currently has less than $10 billion in total consolidated assets, Green Dot Bank is subject to regulations adopted by the CFPB, but the Federal Reserve is primarily responsible for examining Green Dot Bank’s compliance with federal consumer financial laws and those CFPB regulations. The Utah DFI is responsible for examining and supervising Green Dot Bank’s compliance with state consumer protection laws and regulations.

Permissible Activities for Green Dot Corporation as a Financial Holding Company

In general, the BHC Act limits the business of BHCs to banking, managing or controlling banks and other activities that the Federal Reserve has determined to be so closely related to banking as to be a proper incident thereto. Under the BHC Act, BHCs that have qualified and elected to be treated as a financial holding company (an “FHC”) generally may engage in a broader range of additional activities that are (i) financial in nature or incidental to such financial activities or (ii) complementary to a financial activity and do not pose a substantial risk to the safety and soundness of depository institutions or the financial system generally. A BHC qualifies to become an FHC if it and its subsidiary depository institutions are “well-capitalized” and “well managed” and its subsidiary depository institutions have a rating under the Community Reinvestment Act (the “CRA”) of at least “Satisfactory” at their most recent examination. We have previously qualified and elected to be an FHC under the BHC Act, although all the activities we currently conduct are permissible for a BHC as well as for an FHC.

If at any time we or Green Dot Bank fail to be “well-capitalized” or “well managed,” the Federal Reserve may impose limitations or conditions on the conduct of our activities and we may not commence, or acquire any shares of a company engaged in, any activities only permissible for an FHC, without prior Federal Reserve approval. The restriction on our ability to commence, or acquire any shares of a company engaged in, any activities only permissible for an FHC, without prior Federal Reserve approval would also generally apply if Green Dot Bank received a CRA rating of less than “Satisfactory.” Currently, under the BHC Act, we may not be able to engage in new activities or acquire shares or control of other businesses. Such restrictions might limit our ability to pursue future business opportunities which we might otherwise consider.

Permissible Activities for Banks

The activities of Green Dot Bank are limited to those specifically authorized under Utah banking laws and Utah DFI regulations and permissible under applicable federal law and Federal Reserve regulations.

Under commitments made to the Federal Reserve and the Utah DFI, we must obtain prior approval from the Federal Reserve for any major deviation or material change from the business plan Green Dot Bank submitted in 2013. Accordingly, commitments made in connection with Green Dot Bank's business plan may limit Green Dot Bank's ability to engage in certain activities.

Supervision, Examination and Enforcement

Bank regulators regularly examine the operations of BHCs and banks. Examination results are confidential and generally may not be disclosed. In addition, BHCs and banks are subject to periodic reporting and filing requirements. The Federal Reserve and Utah DFI have broad supervisory and enforcement authority with regard to BHCs and banks, including the power to conduct examinations and investigations, impose nonpublic supervisory agreements, issue cease and desist orders, impose fines and other civil and criminal penalties, terminate deposit insurance and appoint a conservator or receiver.

Bank regulators have various remedies available if they determine that the financial condition, capital resources, asset quality, earnings prospects, management, liquidity or other aspects of a banking organization’s operations are unsatisfactory. The regulators may also take action if they determine that the banking organization or its management is violating or has violated any law or regulation. The regulators have the power to, among other things, prohibit unsafe or unsound practices, require affirmative actions to correct any violation or practice, issue administrative orders that can be judicially enforced, direct increases in capital, direct the sale of subsidiaries or other assets, limit dividends and distributions, restrict growth, assess civil monetary penalties, remove officers and directors, terminate deposit insurance, and appoint a conservator or receiver.

Engaging in unsafe or unsound practices or failing to comply with applicable laws, regulations and supervisory agreements has in the past and could in the future subject Green Dot Corporation, its subsidiaries, including Green Dot Bank, and their respective officers, directors and institution-affiliated parties to the remedies described above and other sanctions. In addition, the FDIC may terminate a bank’s deposit insurance upon a finding that the bank’s financial condition is unsafe or unsound or that the bank has engaged in unsafe or unsound practices or has violated an applicable rule, regulation, order or condition enacted or imposed by the bank’s regulatory agency.

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Bank and BHC Acquisitions and Mergers

The BHC Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended (the "Bank Merger Act"), Utah’s Financial Institutions Act and other federal and state statutes regulate acquisitions of banks and other FDIC-insured depository institutions. Green Dot Corporation must obtain the prior approval of the Federal Reserve before (i) acquiring direct or indirect ownership or control of any voting shares of any bank or BHC, if after such acquisition, it will directly or indirectly own or control 5% or more of any class of voting shares of the institution, (ii) acquiring all or substantially all of the assets of any bank (other than directly through Green Dot Bank) or (iii) merging or consolidating with any other BHC. Under the Bank Merger Act, the prior approval of the Federal Reserve is required for Green Dot Bank to merge with another bank or purchase all or substantially all of the assets or assume any of the deposits of another FDIC-insured depository institution. In reviewing applications seeking approval of merger and acquisition transactions, bank regulators consider, among other things, the competitive effect and public benefits of the transactions, the capital position and managerial resources of the combined organization, the risks to the stability of the U.S. banking or financial system, the applicant's performance record under the CRA, the applicant's compliance with fair housing and other consumer protection laws and the effectiveness of all organizations involved in combating money laundering activities. In addition, failure to implement or maintain adequate compliance programs could cause bank regulators not to approve an acquisition where regulatory approval is required or to prohibit an acquisition even if approval is not required.

Acquisitions of Ownership of Green Dot Corporation or Green Dot Bank

The ability of a third party to acquire our stock or the stock of Green Dot Bank is also limited under applicable U.S. banking laws, including regulatory approval requirements.

Federal Banking Law. The BHC Act requires any BHC to obtain the approval of the Federal Reserve before acquiring, directly or indirectly, more than 5% of our outstanding common stock or the stock of Green Dot Bank. Any “company,” as defined in the BHC Act, other than a BHC is required to obtain the approval of the Federal Reserve before acquiring "control" of us. "Control" generally means (i) the ownership or control of 25% or more of a class of voting securities, (ii) the ability to elect a majority of the directors or (iii) the ability to otherwise exercise a controlling influence over management and policies. An entity that controls us for purposes of the BHC Act is subject to regulation and supervision as a BHC under the BHC Act. In addition, under the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978, as amended (the “CIBC Act”), and the Federal Reserve’s regulations thereunder, any person, either individually or acting through or in concert with one or more persons, is required to provide notice to the Federal Reserve prior to acquiring control, directly or indirectly, of a BHC such as Green Dot Corporation. As discussed more fully below in “Regulatory Approvals Related to the Proposed Transactions with CommerceOne Financial Corporation,” the Mergers are subject to the approval of the Federal Reserve pursuant to the BHC Act, because, among other things, CommerceOne Financial Corporation will be acquiring indirect control of Green Dot Bank.

For purposes of the BHC Act and the CIBC Act, a rebuttable presumption of control applies to acquisitions of more than 10% of any class of a BHC’s voting stock under certain circumstances, including if, as is the case with Green Dot Corporation, the issuer has registered securities under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

The BHC Act prohibits any entity from acquiring 25% (as noted above, the BHC Act has a lower limit for acquirers that are existing BHCs) or more of a BHC’s or bank’s voting securities, or otherwise obtaining control or a controlling influence over a BHC or bank without the prior approval of the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve has rule-based standards for determining whether one company has control over another. These rules established four categories of tiered presumptions of noncontrol that are based on the percentage of voting shares held by the investor (less than 5%, 5-9.9%, 10-14.9% and 15-24.9%) and the presence of other indicia of control. As the percentage of ownership increases, fewer indicia of control are permitted without falling outside of the presumption of noncontrol. These indicia of control include nonvoting equity ownership, director representation, management interlocks, business relationship and restrictive contractual covenants. Under the Federal Reserve’s rules, investors can hold up to 24.9% of the voting securities and up to 33% of the total equity of a company without necessarily having a controlling influence.

Utah Change in Control Restrictions. Utah’s Financial Institutions Act generally requires prior approval of the Utah DFI before a person or entity may acquire, directly or indirectly, control of a depository institution or a depository institution holding company subject to its jurisdiction. The Utah DFI defines control to mean the power, directly or indirectly, or through or in concert with others, to: (a) direct or exercise a controlling influence over: (i) the management or policies of such an institution or holding company; or (ii) the election of a majority of the directors of such an institution or holding company; or (b) vote 25% or more of any class of voting securities of such an institution or holding company. Additionally, there is a rebuttable presumption that a person has control of such an institution or holding company if the person has the power, directly or indirectly, or through or in concert with

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others, to vote more than 10% but less than 25% of any class of voting securities of such an institution or holding company. As discussed more fully below in “Regulatory Approvals Related to the Proposed Transactions with CommerceOne Financial Corporation,” the Mergers are subject to the approval of the Utah DFI pursuant to Utah’s Financial Institutions Act because, among other things, New CommerceOne will be acquiring indirect control of Green Dot Bank.

Regulatory Approvals Related to the Proposed Transactions with CommerceOne Financial Corporation

To complete the Mergers, New CommerceOne, CommerceOne and Green Dot Corporation need to obtain approvals or consents from, or make filings with, a number of U.S. federal and state bank and other regulatory authorities.

Federal Reserve. The Mergers are subject to the approval of the Federal Reserve pursuant to Section 3 of the BHC Act in order for: (a) Merger Sub Two to become a bank holding company as a result of its acquisition of Green Dot Bank in the Green Dot Merger; (b) New CommerceOne to become a bank holding company as a result of its indirect acquisitions of Green Dot Bank and CommerceOne Bank in the First Mergers; and (c) the merger of CommerceOne and New CommerceOne in the Upstream Merger.

Utah DFI. New CommerceOne’s acquisition of Green Dot Bank indirectly through Merger Sub Two Holdco will require New CommerceOne to apply to the Utah DFI under § 7-1-703 of the Utah Code, which may, in the Utah DFI’s discretion, be a copy of the application filed with the responsible federal bank supervisory agency.

Alabama State Banking Department (the ‘‘ASBD’’). New CommerceOne’s acquisition of CommerceOne, including CommerceOne Bank, requires an application to the ASBD under one or both of §§ 5-5A-44 and 5-13B-4 of the Alabama Code, which may, at the superintendent’s discretion, be a copy of the application filed with the responsible federal bank supervisory agency. The ASBD has notified the applicant that the filing for this transaction may be made under § 5-13B-4 of the Alabama Code.

Additional Regulatory Approvals and Notices. Additional notifications and/or applications requesting approval may be submitted to various other federal, state and non-U.S. regulatory authorities and self-regulatory organizations.

Capital and Liquidity Requirements

In General. Under the U.S. regulatory capital rules to implement the Basel III regulatory capital framework, Green Dot Corporation and Green Dot Bank are required to maintain minimum risk-based and leverage capital ratios. Green Dot Corporation and Green Dot Bank must also maintain a capital conservation buffer of 2.5% to avoid becoming subject to restrictions on capital distributions and certain discretionary bonus payments to management. Either or both of Green Dot Corporation and Green Dot Bank may qualify for and opt to use, from time to time, the community bank leverage ratio framework under the Federal Reserve’s version of the U.S. Basel III Rules. Under the community bank leverage ratio framework, a qualifying community banking organization may generally satisfy its capital requirements (and capital conservation buffer) under the U.S. Basel III Rules provided that it has a Tier 1 leverage ratio greater than 9% and satisfies other applicable conditions. Green Dot Corporation and Green Dot Bank qualify for and opt into use of the community bank leverage ratio framework. We expect that Green Dot Corporation will continue to qualify for and use the community bank leverage ratio framework, and that Green Dot Bank will calculate and disclose its risk-based capital ratios and Tier 1 leverage ratio under standardized approach of the U.S. Basel III Rules. For a discussion of applicable regulatory minimum and well-capitalized minimum capital ratios, as well as a description of relevant definitions related to capital amounts and ratios, see “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Capital Requirements for Bank Holding Companies” and Note 24—Regulatory Requirements to the Consolidated Financial Statements included herein, which are incorporated by reference in this Item 1.

The Federal Reserve may require BHCs, which include us, to maintain capital substantially in excess of mandated minimum levels, depending upon general economic conditions and a BHC’s particular condition, risk profile and growth plans. The Federal Reserve may also require BHCs or their subsidiaries to make other capital or liquidity commitments.

Failure to be well-capitalized, to meet minimum capital requirements or to comply with the other commitments to which we and Green Dot Bank may be subject could result in certain mandatory and possible additional discretionary actions by regulators, including restrictions on our and Green Dot Bank’s ability to pay dividends or otherwise distribute capital or to receive regulatory approval of applications, or other restrictions on growth.

As of December 31, 2025, our and Green Dot Bank’s regulatory capital ratios were above the well-capitalized standards and met the then-applicable capital conservation buffer. Based on current estimates, we believe that

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Green Dot Corporation and Green Dot Bank will continue to exceed all applicable well-capitalized regulatory capital requirements and the capital conservation buffer (to the extent the buffer is applicable), on a fully phased-in basis.

FDICIA and Prompt Corrective Action

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (“FDICIA”) requires federal bank regulatory agencies to take “prompt corrective action” in respect of FDIC-insured depository institutions that do not meet certain capital adequacy standards. FDICIA establishes five capital categories ("well-capitalized", "adequately capitalized", "undercapitalized", "significantly undercapitalized" and "critically undercapitalized"), with a depository institution’s categorization for purposes of the prompt corrective action provisions depending upon its level of capitalization and certain other factors. An institution that fails to remain well-capitalized becomes subject to a series of restrictions that increase in severity as its capital condition weakens. Such restrictions may include a prohibition on capital distributions, restrictions on asset growth or restrictions on the ability to receive regulatory approval of applications. FDICIA also provides for enhanced supervisory authority over undercapitalized institutions, including authority for the appointment of a conservator or receiver for the institution. In certain instances, a BHC may be required to guarantee the performance of an undercapitalized subsidiary bank’s capital restoration plan.

Brokered Deposits

The FDIC issued a final rule relating to the classification of brokered deposits, with full compliance required in the beginning of fiscal year 2022. The final rule established a framework for analyzing certain provisions of the “deposit broker” definition, including “placing deposits,” “facilitating the placement of deposits” and “primary purpose,” for purposes of the classification of deposits as brokered deposits and exemptions from such a classification. As a result of the final rule, Green Dot Bank reclassified most of its deposits as non-brokered. The risks associated with the failure to properly classify deposits are more fully discussed in "Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors."

Safety and Soundness Guidelines

The federal banking agencies have adopted guidelines prescribing safety and soundness standards relating to internal controls, risk management, information systems, internal audit systems, loan documentation, credit underwriting, interest rate exposure, asset growth and compensation, fees and benefits. These guidelines in general require appropriate systems and practices to identify and manage specified risks and exposures. The guidelines also prohibit excessive compensation as an unsafe and unsound practice and characterize compensation as excessive when the amounts paid are unreasonable or disproportionate to the services performed by an executive officer or employee, director or principal shareholder. In addition, the agencies have adopted regulations that authorize but do not require an agency to order an institution that has been given notice by the agency that it is not in compliance with any of the safety and soundness standards to submit a compliance plan. If after being so notified, an institution fails to submit an acceptable compliance plan, the agency must issue an order directing action to correct the deficiency and may issue an order directing other actions of the types, including those that may limit growth or capital distributions. If an institution fails to comply with such an order, the bank regulator may seek to enforce such order in judicial proceedings and to impose civil money penalties.

Dividend and Share Repurchase Restrictions

Green Dot Corporation is a legal entity separate and distinct from Green Dot Bank and its other subsidiaries. There are limitations on capital distributions by BHC's and banks, such as certain cash dividends, payments to repurchase or otherwise acquire shares, and other distributions charged against capital. These limitations apply to the payment of dividends by Green Dot Bank to Green Dot Corporation, as well as by Green Dot Corporation to its shareholders, under applicable banking laws and regulations.

Federal banking regulators are authorized to determine, under certain circumstances relating to the financial condition of a BHC or a bank, that the payment of dividends would be an unsafe or unsound practice and to prohibit payment thereof. In particular, federal banking regulators have stated that paying dividends that deplete a banking organization's capital base to an inadequate level would be an unsafe and unsound banking practice and that banking organizations should generally pay dividends only out of current operating earnings.

Under Utah’s Financial Institutions Act, Utah-chartered commercial banks, such as Green Dot Bank, may, subject to certain conditions, declare and pay dividends out of their net profits, after providing for all expenses, losses, interest, and taxes accrued or due from the bank.

To the extent that we do not qualify for the community bank leverage framework under the Federal Reserve’s version of the U.S. Basel III Rules, Green Dot Corporation or Green Dot Bank, as applicable, must maintain the

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applicable capital conservation buffer to avoid becoming subject to restrictions on capital distributions, including dividends and share repurchases. The capital conservation buffer is currently at its fully phased-in level of 2.5%.

In addition, Federal Reserve policy provides that BHC, such as Green Dot Corporation, should generally pay dividends to shareholders only if (i) the organization’s net income available to common shareholders over the past year has been sufficient to fully fund the dividends; (ii) the prospective rate of earnings retention appears consistent with the organization’s capital needs, asset quality and overall financial condition; and (iii) the organization will continue to meet minimum capital adequacy ratios. The policy also provides that a BHC should inform the Federal Reserve reasonably in advance of declaring or paying a dividend that exceeds earnings for the period for which the dividend is being paid or that could result in a material adverse change to the BHC’s capital structure. BHCs are also required to consult with the Federal Reserve before materially increasing dividends and must receive approval before redeeming or repurchasing capital instruments. In addition, the Federal Reserve could prohibit or limit the payment of dividends by a BHC if it determines that payment of the dividend would constitute an unsafe or unsound practice.

As a Delaware corporation, Green Dot Corporation is also subject to certain limitations and restrictions under Delaware corporate law with respect to payment of dividends and other distributions.

Furthermore, in connection with the proposed transactions with CommerceOne and Smith Ventures, the Merger Agreement and the Separation Agreement each contain certain restrictions that prohibit us from paying dividends or making share repurchases without the approval of CommerceOne under the Merger Agreement and Payments Buyer under the Separation Agreement.

Source of Strength

Green Dot Corporation is required to serve as a source of financial and managerial strength to Green Dot Bank and, under appropriate conditions, to commit resources to support Green Dot Bank. This support may be required by the Federal Reserve at times when doing so is not otherwise in the interests of Green Dot Corporation or our shareholders or creditors. The Federal Reserve may require a BHC to make capital injections into a troubled subsidiary bank and may charge the BHC with engaging in unsafe and unsound practices if the BHC fails to commit resources to such a subsidiary bank or if it undertakes actions that the Federal Reserve believes might jeopardize the BHC’s ability to commit resources to such subsidiary bank.

Under these requirements, Green Dot Corporation may in the future be required to provide financial assistance to Green Dot Bank should it experience financial distress. Capital loans by Green Dot Corporation to Green Dot Bank, if any, would be subordinate in right of payment to deposits and certain other debts of Green Dot Bank. In the event of Green Dot Corporation’s bankruptcy, any commitment by Green Dot Corporation to a federal banking regulator to maintain the capital of Green Dot Bank would be assumed by the bankruptcy trustee and entitled to a priority of payment.

Under the FDICIA's "prompt corrective action" provisions, if Green Dot Bank were undercapitalized then, the regulators could require Green Dot Corporation to guarantee a capital restoration plan. In addition, if the Federal Reserve believes that Green Dot Corporation's activities, assets or affiliates represent a significant risk to the financial safety, soundness or stability of Green Dot Bank, then the Federal Reserve could require Green Dot Bank to terminate the activities, liquidate the assets or divest the affiliates.

Receivership or Conservatorship of Green Dot Bank

Upon the insolvency of an insured depository institution, such as Green Dot Bank, the FDIC may be appointed as the conservator or receiver of the institution. Acting as a conservator or receiver, the FDIC would have broad powers to transfer any assets or liabilities of the institution without the approval of the institution’s creditors or shareholders.

Separately, the Commissioner of the Utah DFI also has the authority to take possession of or appoint a receiver or liquidator of any Utah state-chartered bank, such as Green Dot Bank, under specified circumstances, including where the bank (i) is not in a safe and sound condition to transact its business, (ii) has failed to maintain an adequate level of capital or (iii) is conducting its business in an unauthorized or unsafe manner.

Depositor Preference

The Bank Merger Act provides that, in the event of the liquidation or other resolution of an insured depository institution, including Green Dot Bank, the claims of depositors of the institution (including the claims of the FDIC as subrogee of insured depositors) and certain claims for administrative expenses of the FDIC as a receiver would have priority over other general unsecured claims against the institution. If Green Dot Bank were to fail, insured and uninsured depositors, along with the FDIC, would have priority in payment ahead of unsecured, non-deposit

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creditors, including Green Dot Bank if it were a creditor at that time, with respect to any extensions of credit they have made to such insured depository institution.

Transactions between a Bank and its Affiliates

Federal banking laws and regulations impose qualitative standards and quantitative limitations upon certain transactions between a bank, such as Green Dot Bank, and its affiliates, including between a bank and its holding company and companies that control the BHC or that the BHC may be deemed to control for these purposes. Transactions covered by these provisions must be on terms that are at least as favorable to the bank as those that it could obtain in a comparable transaction with a non-affiliate, and cannot exceed certain amounts that are determined with reference to the bank’s regulatory capital. Moreover, if the transaction is a loan or other extension of credit, it must be secured by collateral in an amount and quality expressly prescribed by statute, and if the affiliate is unable to pledge sufficient collateral, the BHC may be required to provide it.

Federal banking laws also place similar restrictions on loans and other extensions of credit by FDIC-insured banks, such as Green Dot Bank, and their subsidiaries to their directors, executive officers and principal shareholders, as well as to entities controlled by such persons.

Community Reinvestment Act

Under the CRA, an insured depository institution, such as Green Dot Bank, has a continuing and affirmative obligation to help meet the credit needs of its entire community, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. The CRA does not establish specific lending requirements or programs for insured depository institutions, nor does it limit an insured depository institution’s discretion to develop the types of products and services that it believes are best suited to its particular community, consistent with the CRA. However, insured depository institutions are rated on their performance in meeting the needs of their communities.

The CRA requires the appropriate federal banking agency to take an insured depository institution’s CRA record into account when evaluating certain applications by the insured depository institution or its holding company, including applications for charters, branches and other deposit facilities, relocations, mergers, consolidations, acquisitions of assets or assumptions of liabilities, and bank and savings association acquisitions. An unsatisfactory record of performance may be the basis for denying or conditioning approval of an application by an insured depository institution or its holding company. The CRA also requires that all institutions publicly disclose their CRA ratings.

Green Dot Bank’s CRA compliance is currently evaluated under an approved CRA strategic plan covering the period of 2024 to 2028. The plan is focused on supporting the needs of the bank's defined assessment area primarily through direct community development lending and investment, small business lending, and services in Green Dot Bank’s designated Assessment Area of Utah and Juab Counties, as well as the broader surrounding geographic region.

Insurance of Deposit Accounts

The deposits of Green Dot Bank are insured by the DIF up to the standard maximum deposit insurance amount of $250,000 per depositor. Green Dot Bank is subject to deposit insurance assessments based on the risk it poses to the DIF, as determined by the capital category and supervisory category to which it is assigned. Brokered deposits are subject to an assessment rate adjustment of up to 10 basis points, and therefore are generally assessed at a higher rate. The FDIC has authority to raise or lower assessment rates on insured deposits in order to achieve statutorily required reserve ratios in the DIF and to impose special additional assessments. There is a risk that Green Dot Bank’s deposit insurance premiums may increase if failures of insured depository institutions deplete the DIF or if the FDIC changes its view of the risk Green Dot Bank poses to the DIF or otherwise increases the assessment rate adjustment applicable to Green Dot Bank’s deposits.

Relationships with Third-Party Issuing Banks

While Green Dot Bank acts as our banking partner for most of our products and services, we offer some products and services through arrangements with federally- or state-chartered third-party banks. We are subject to contractual requirements with those banks and are indirectly subject to the oversight of our banking partners’ regulators with respect to the laws and regulations that apply to each such product or service. These types of third-party relationships are subject to increasingly demanding regulatory requirements and attention by federal banking regulators. Regulatory guidance requires financial institutions to enhance their due diligence, ongoing monitoring and control over their third-party vendors and other ongoing third-party business relationships.

As a result, our relationships with third-party banks may require us to undertake compliance actions similar to those that we or Green Dot Bank must perform for the products and services issued by Green Dot Bank.

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Anti-Money Laundering Rules

The Bank Secrecy Act (the “BSA”), the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the "PATRIOT Act") and other laws and regulations require financial institutions, among other duties, to institute and maintain an effective anti-money laundering (“AML”) program and file suspicious activity and currency transaction reports when appropriate. Among other things, these laws and regulations require Green Dot Corporation and Green Dot Bank to take steps to prevent the use of Green Dot Bank to facilitate the flow of illegal or illicit money, to report large currency transactions and to file suspicious activity reports. We are also required to develop and implement a comprehensive AML compliance program and must also have in place appropriate “know your customer” policies and procedures. We have adopted policies and procedures to comply with these requirements.

The bank regulatory agencies have increased the regulatory scrutiny of the BSA and AML programs maintained by financial institutions. Significant penalties and fines, as well as other supervisory orders may be imposed on a financial institution for non-compliance with BSA/AML requirements.

Office of Foreign Assets Control Regulation

The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is responsible for administering economic sanctions that affect transactions with designated foreign countries, nationals and others, as defined by various Executive Orders and Acts of U.S. Congress. OFAC-administered sanctions take many forms. OFAC also publishes lists of persons, organizations and countries suspected of aiding, harboring or engaging in terrorist acts, known as Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. Blocked assets (e.g., property and bank deposits) cannot be paid out, withdrawn, set off or transferred in any manner without a license from OFAC. Failure to comply with these sanctions could have serious legal and reputational consequences, including denial by federal regulators of proposed merger, acquisition, restructuring or other expansionary activity.

Privacy and Data Security Laws

Green Dot Bank is subject to a variety of federal and state privacy and data security laws, which govern the collection, safeguarding, sharing and use of customer information, and require that financial institutions have in place policies regarding information privacy and security. For example, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 requires all financial institutions offering financial products or services to retail customers to provide such customers with the financial institution’s privacy policy and practices for sharing nonpublic information with third parties, provide advance notice of any changes to the policies and provide such customers the opportunity to “opt out” of the sharing of certain personal financial information with unaffiliated third parties. It also requires banks to safeguard personal information of consumer customers.

Some state laws also protect the privacy of information of state residents and require adequate security for such data, and certain state laws may, in some circumstances, require Green Dot Bank to notify individuals with impacted information of security breaches of computerized data that contain their personal information. These laws may also require Green Dot Bank to notify law enforcement, regulators or consumer reporting agencies in the event of a data breach, as well as businesses and governmental agencies that own affected data.

Privacy and data security remain areas of state legislative focus. By the end of 2025, approximately 16 U.S. states had comprehensive consumer privacy laws in effect. Similar laws come into effect in three more states in 2026. These laws provide residents of these states certain privacy rights in the collection and disclosure of their personal information and require covered businesses to make certain disclosures and take certain other acts in furtherance of those rights. Other U.S. states are considering similar privacy laws. State regulators are authorized to implement and enforce existing consumer privacy laws, which has resulted in increased scrutiny on privacy and data security. In addition, the federal government may also pass data privacy or data security legislation.

Like other lenders, Green Dot Bank and other of our subsidiaries use credit bureau data in their underwriting activities. Use of such data is regulated under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (the “FCRA”), and the FCRA also regulates reporting information to credit bureaus, prescreening individuals for credit offers, sharing of information between affiliates and using affiliate data for marketing purposes. Similar state laws may impose additional requirements on Green Dot Corporation and Green Dot Bank.

Consumer Protection Laws

The CFPB has broad rulemaking authority over a wide range of federal consumer protection laws that apply to banks and other providers of financial products and services, including the authority to prohibit “unfair, deceptive or abusive” acts and practices. For example, our deposit products and operations are subject to the following federal laws, among others:

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•the Truth in Savings Act and Regulation DD issued by the CFPB, which require disclosure of deposit terms to consumers;

•Regulation CC issued by the Federal Reserve, which relates to the availability of deposit funds to consumers;

•the Right to Financial Privacy Act, which imposes a duty to maintain the confidentiality of consumer financial records and prescribes procedures for complying with administrative subpoenas of financial records; and

•the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and Regulation E issued by the CFPB, which govern automatic deposits to and withdrawals from deposit accounts and customers’ rights and liabilities arising from the use of automated teller machines and other electronic banking services.

The CFPB has also adopted amendments to Regulation E and Regulation Z to add protections for prepaid accounts (the “CFPB Prepaid Rule”). The CFPB Prepaid Rule includes requirements related to treatment of funds on lost or stolen cards, error resolution and investigation, upfront fee disclosures, access to account information, and overdraft features if offered in conjunction with prepaid accounts.

Because Green Dot Bank has less than $10 billion in total consolidated assets, the Federal Reserve is responsible for examining and supervising Green Dot Bank’s compliance with these and other federal consumer financial laws and regulations. In addition, state attorneys general and state regulators also enforce consumer protection rules.

Money Transmission Licensing and Regulation

Most U.S. states require licenses for persons engaged in the business of money transmission. These U.S. state licensing laws may subject money transmitters to periodic examinations and may require them and their agents to comply with federal and/or state AML laws and regulations. We have obtained state licenses to operate as a money transmitter in all U.S. jurisdictions in which such a license is required for us to conduct our business.

Payment Networks

In order to provide our products and services, we, as well as Green Dot Bank, are contracted members with payment network companies including Visa, Inc. ("Visa") and Mastercard Inc. ("Mastercard"). Therefore, we and Green Dot Bank are subject to Visa and Mastercard’s respective payment network rules and standards. These rules and standards implicate a variety of our activities and services, including by imposing data security obligations, allocating liability for certain acts or omissions (including liability in the event of a data breach) and providing rules governing how consumers and merchants may use their cards. Payment networks may, and routinely do, modify these rules and standards as they determine in their sole discretion and with or without advance notice to us. These modifications may impose additional costs and expenses on, or may otherwise be disadvantageous to, our business. In addition, we are subject to audit by various payment networks. The payment networks may fine or penalize us or suspend our registration if those audits find that we have failed to comply with applicable rules and standards.

Escheatment Laws

Unclaimed property laws of every U.S. jurisdiction require that we track certain information on our card products and services and that, if customer funds are unclaimed at the end of an applicable statutory abandonment period, the proceeds of the unclaimed property be remitted to the appropriate jurisdiction. We manage escheatment law compliance with respect to our card products and services and have an ongoing program to comply with those laws. Statutory abandonment periods applicable to our card products and services typically range from three to seven years.

Human Capital

As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 900 full-time employees, practically all of which are located in the United States. Human capital objectives and measures that we focus on in managing our business include talent retention and development, employee experience, inclusion and belonging, total rewards, and organizational culture and ethics. Our focus on employee engagement occurs in three foundational areas: recruiting and retaining a diverse and talented workforce, enhancing employee experience, and management that reiterates purpose and ensures commitment for continuous growth and development.

Talent Retention and Development

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employees in several ways, including having strong leadership and optimizing leaders and managers through effective training and development programs, providing employees the opportunity to learn new skills and to advance their careers, investing in technology, maintaining customer relationships, and providing competitive and equitable total rewards.

We offer industry-specific training regarding regulatory standards and compliance, as well as self-directed learning through third-party learning platforms. As employees advance in their careers, our training framework seeks to build new capabilities with foundational leadership skills. Our leaders are empowered to design bespoke learning experiences catered to their specific needs.

Employee Experience

We strive to continue enhancing employee engagement and use employee feedback to drive and improve processes that support our customers and ensure a deep understanding of our culture and vision among our employees. We embrace an open-door policy where collaboration across all levels of team members and across multiple departments is encouraged. We use annual employee engagement and other surveys to solicit feedback about members of our senior leadership from employees at all levels of our organization. We believe that ongoing employee performance feedback encourages greater engagement and improves individual performance.

Inclusion and Belonging

We believe that an inclusive working environment with high belonging helps drive our mission and provides our workforce with the best opportunities for success. We are endeavoring to improve inclusion and belonging for employees at all levels of the organization. We have been actively working to further enhance recruitment strategies and career development strategies in support of these initiatives. We delivered multiple enterprise-wide events to create new levels of knowledge, empathy, and community connection for our people. We focused on furthering inclusion and belonging goals through recruitment, career development, succession planning, and leadership education.

Total Rewards

To ensure our pay and benefits programs are consistent with our total rewards philosophy, we maintain best practices aimed at delivering fair and equitable compensation for employees based on their contribution and performance. We benchmark against market practices and regularly review our compensation against the market to ensure it remains competitive.

We offer a comprehensive and tailored set of benefits for employees and their families, providing protection from unexpected losses or medical expenses. Our benefits programs are tailored for the various U.S. geographies in which we operate, and include a variety of competitive health plans, in addition to dependent care flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with a company match and auto-enrollment, employee stock purchase plan, and an employee assistance program.

Organizational Culture and Ethics

To promote the highest standards of honest and ethical business conduct and compliance with applicable laws, we have adopted codes of business conduct and ethics that apply to all of our board members, officers and employees and which are posted on the Investor Relations section of our website located at http://ir.greendot.com, by clicking on “Governance.”

In 2025, we continued our philanthropic giving program launched in 2022, "Green Dot Gives," an employee giving (donation and volunteerism) platform that provides resources and opportunities for employees to support charitable causes that are meaningful to them. As part of the initiative, we began offering employees one paid time off day per year to volunteer, we introduced corporate donation matching, and we created programs encouraging employee connection and collaboration through charitable activities.

Other Information

We maintain a website at www.greendot.com, which we use as a channel to disclose important information about our company and comply with disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. We make available free of charge, on or through our website via the Investor Relations section at ir.greendot.com, our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after filing such material electronically or otherwise furnishing it to the SEC. References to website addresses in this report are intended to be inactive textual references only, and none of the information contained on our website is part of this report or incorporated in this report by reference.