Green Dot Earns Multiple Industry Awards
April 28 2017 - 11:14AM
Business Wire
Green Dot products from multiple business
divisions were honored in the 2nd Annual Best of FinXTech Awards,
the 2017 Pay Awards, and the 2017 PYMNTS Innovator Awards
Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) today announced a series of
recent awards recognizing its innovation in financial technology
and consumer banking.
2017 Pay Awards
Walmart MoneyCard by Green Dot has been chosen by Paybefore
judges as a 2017 Pay Awards winner in the Consumer Champion and
Change Agent of the Year categories, and the innovative Walmart
Prize Savings program by Green Dot Bank was selected as a winner in
the Best Incentive Program category. In addition, SimplyPaid by
Green Dot was selected as a winner in the Most Innovative
Technology category, while the rapid! PayCard Payroll Card by
UniRush (a Green Dot Company) was chosen as a winner in the
Outstanding Pay Solution category.
Announced by Paybefore on April 26, these all now vie for 2017
Pay Awards Best-in-Category distinctions, which will be announced
in Pay News the week of June 12. Visitors to Paybefore.com will
have a chance to vote on Best in Category through May 31. The
outcome of this vote will be combined with the judges’ picks to
determine Best-in-Category honorees, all of which will be profiled
in the Pay Magazine – Awards Issue.
Best of FinXTech Awards
The Uber Debit Card from GoBank with its Instant Pay feature won
at the 2nd annual Best of FinXTech Awards, which highlights
collaborative efforts between banks and fintech companies working
together in a successful partnership. Announced at a live ceremony
that concluded the FinXTech Annual Summit in New York on April 26,
the Uber/Green Dot collaboration was chosen from a pool of over 100
entrants and 10 finalists.
The Uber Debit Card from GoBank is a mobile-first small business
checking account with a linked debit card. Instant Pay offers
drivers the ability to get paid instantly after each completed
fare.
2017 PYMNTS Innovator Awards
The Walmart MoneyCard Prize Savings Program was honored at the
2017 PYMNTS Innovator Awards in the Best Prepaid Innovation
Category. Announced at a live ceremony and awards dinner on March
16, Walmart MoneyCard was presented with the category’s Silver
Medal for the introduction of the first national and retail offered
prize-linked savings program that provides incentives for building
a savings account. Prize Savings was launched in August 2016 and
gives Walmart MoneyCard cardholders a chance to win monthly prizes
as an incentive for stashing cash in the integrated FDIC-insured
Green Dot Bank Savings Vault.
“Green Dot's mission is to reinvent personal banking for the
masses. We do this by using our highly unique and compelling
collection of core assets to solve important consumer problems. For
example, all of these award winning programs utilize our strong and
stable bank, our world class mobile and financial technology
prowess, our experienced fintech product development capabilities
and our consumer marketing skills to bring it all together," said
Steve Streit, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Green Dot.
“We’re honored that our collaborations with such great companies
like Walmart and Uber have been recognized by these prestigious
organizations."
About Green Dot Corporation
Green Dot Corporation, along with its wholly owned subsidiary
bank, Green Dot Bank, is a bank holding company regulated by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Utah
Department of Financial Institutions. Green Dot is widely
recognized as the inventor of the prepaid debit card industry and
is the largest provider of reloadable prepaid debit cards and cash
reload processing services in the United States. Green Dot is also
a leading financial technology company and the largest processor of
tax refund disbursements in the U.S. through its wholly owned
subsidiary, TPG. Green Dot is also a leading provider of mobile
banking with its GoBank checking account sold at retailers
nationwide and through integrated technology partners. Green Dot's
products and services are available to consumers through a
distribution network of more than 100,000 U.S. locations, as well
as online, in the leading app stores and through leading online tax
preparation providers. Headquartered in Pasadena, Calif., it has
additional facilities throughout the United States and in Shanghai,
China.
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