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Green Dot Named One of Newsweek’s 2023 Most Trustworthy Companies in America

AUSTIN, Texas, May 4, 2023 – Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) has been recognized by Newsweek as one of the Most Trustworthy Companies in America for 2023. The award recognizes 700 companies across 23 industries based on surveys of American residents asked to evaluate trust on three main pillars: customer trust, investor trust and employee trust.

“As a fintech platform and digital bank that caters primarily to LMI consumers and the many millions of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, our top priority is to be responsible stewards as we build seamless, secure and value-driven financial solutions,” said George Gresham, President and CEO, Green Dot. “This award is a testament to the progress we’re making to build and maintain trust among our customers, partners, investors and employees.”

The award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2023 were identified in an independent survey based on a vast sample of approximately 25,000 U.S. residents who rated companies they know based on the three touchpoints of trust noted above. A total of 95,000 evaluations were submitted. All companies headquartered in the U.S. with a revenue over $500 million were considered in the study.

The full list of award winners was announced on March 29, 2023, and can be viewed on Newsweek’s website here.

About Green Dot

Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) is a financial technology and bank holding company committed to giving all people the power to bank seamlessly, affordably and with confidence. Green Dot's technology platform enables it to build products and features that address the most pressing financial challenges of consumers and businesses, transforming the way they manage and move money, and making financial empowerment more accessible for all.

Green Dot offers a broad set of financial services to consumers and businesses, ranging from debit, prepaid and payroll cards, to embedded financial and money movement services, to tax products and more. The company’s banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform enables a growing list of the world’s largest and most trusted consumer and technology brands to deploy seamless, configurable, value-driven money management solutions for their customers. Its digital bank GO2bank offers consumers simple and accessible mobile banking designed to help improve financial health over time. And its expansive Green Dot Network of more than 90,000 retail distribution locations nationwide – more than all remaining bank branches in the U.S. combined – enables it to operate primarily as a "branchless bank".

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Green Dot has powered more than 33 million accounts directly, and many millions more through its partners. Green Dot Bank is a subsidiary of Green Dot Corporation and member of the FDIC1. For more information about Green Dot’s products and services, please visit www.greendot.com.