Pathward promotes financial inclusion for individuals and businesses by offering a variety of financial services. Operating in the fintech sector, it uses technology to enhance financial solutions. Pathward provides services such as Banking as a Service (BaaS), payment processing, credit solutions, and commercial finance options tailored to meet the specific needs of its diverse clientele, which includes small and medium-sized businesses and individuals lacking access to traditional banking. Unlike many competitors, Pathward focuses on a purpose-driven approach, helping clients navigate their financial journeys despite challenges like inflation and economic downturns. The company's goal is to empower clients to achieve financial stability and growth through customized financial services that generate revenue from fees, interest, and service charges.

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"We are deeply grateful for the unwavering support from the 'Chip in for Charity' Flare Account and Porte 'DoorToChange' programs, which empowers us to advance our mission of advocating for the welfare of all animals," said Steve McVeigh, Vice President of Business Development for the Humane Society of the United States.Over the past few months, the HSUS Animal Rescue Team has provided lifesaving support to animals after Hurricane Helene and Milton's destruction, working across Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The HSUS delivered truckloads of essential supplies—carriers, crates, cat litter, pet food, veterinary supplies, and more—to the hardest-hit counties in multiple states."Supporting the HSUS is deeply meaningful to us at Populus," said Jacqueline O'Reilly, Vice President of Marketing at Populus Financial Group. "Our team's visit to Black Beauty Ranch was an eye-opening experience, underscoring the incredible impact that compassionate care and dedicated advocacy can have on animals in need. This partnership aligns with our commitment to giving back and inspires us to help create a world where every animal is treated with respect and kindness."Since the beginning of 2020, Populus Financial Group has made significant contributions totaling over $274,000 to the HSUS. Through these donations, we are actively supporting initiatives that provide immediate care, rehabilitation, and shelter for vulnerable animals, helping to create a safer environment for them in the aftermath of challenging situations. Together, we are making a meaningful impact on the lives of countless animals in need.For more information about the Flare Account, visit www.flareaccount.com

Populus Financial Group Partners With The Humane Society To Create A Safe Environment For Animals

Dash Solutions is now leveraging Visa’s digital payment network, Visa Direct, to allow Dash customers to send real-time payments. This integration is part of an expanded strategic collaboration between Dash Solutions, which is a provider of digital payment and engagement program management tools to corporate customers, and Visa, the companies said in a Tuesday (June 11) press release. “Our collaboration with Visa Direct empowers us to offer an unparalleled disbursement experience through our SpendIT SendIT offering,” Stephen Faust, CEO at Dash Solutions, said in the release. “This means businesses can tailor solutions to their specific needs, ensuring every payout is as efficient and user-friendly as possible.”

Dash Solutions Integrates With Visa Direct To Enable Real-Time Payments

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pathward®, N.A., one of the nation’s leading financial empowerment companies, today announced the expansion and transformation of its suite of offerings for financial institutions. Formerly known for providing prepaid cards to banks and credit unions, Pathward’s new Solutions for Financial Institutions includes expanded options for commercial finance solutions and merchant services.Pathward Solutions for Financial Institutions provides an enhanced, turnkey product lineup for financial institutions that cuts out the need for multiple third parties. With the transformed suite of offerings, small and midsized banks and credit unions no longer need to use in-house resources to build and operate these functions on their own. Plus, they will have access to consistent support from Pathward on marketing, training, and technology tools.“ Pathward is excited to roll out Solutions for Financial Institutions so banks and credit unions can expand their banking and lending solutions to better serve their communities,” said Brittany Kelley, Pathward’s Vice President of Solutions for Financial Institutions. “ From competitors to technology, community financial institutions face an array of challenges in an ever-evolving financial ecosystem, and Pathward’s suite of solutions makes it easier for them to deepen their customer relationships.”Building on Pathward’s legacy of forward-thinking solutions and relationships along with strong compliance standards, Solutions for Financial Institutions provides a range of products to help community banks and credit unions fulfill the unique needs of their customers. This new era for Pathward’s product suite establishes its services for financial institutions beyond the existing prepaid focus, which includes gift cards and reloadable cards

Pathward Transforms Product Suite With Launch Of Solutions For Financial Institutions

During Pink Month, our ACE Cash Express (ACE) stores across the country decorated their stores in pink and raised over $197,000 for NBCF. Customers had the opportunity to make a donation to NBCF and for every $2 donation, customers received a "join us in the fight" pink wristband to show support for those who have suffered through breast cancer and to spread awareness of the importance of early detection.As part of the Pink Campaign, each time a Flare Account® Pink Debit Card or Pink ACE Elite® Visa® Prepaid Debit Card is used, Populus Financial Group, Inc. and Ouro donate to NBCF1. This year, the contribution totaled the annual maximum of $350,000.Populus Financial Group added NBCF as a Porte® #DoorToChange charity in the Porte app. Porte members simply select NBCF as their #DoorToChange charity, and at no additional cost, Populus Financial Group makes contributions based on card usage. This year, the contribution totaled $13,570.Throughout the 17-year partnership, Populus Financial Group and Ouro have donated over $9 million to NBCF

Populus Financial Group, Inc. And Ouro Global, Inc. Raise Over $560,000 For National Breast Cancer Foundation

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pathward®, N.A., one of the nation’s leading financial empowerment companies driven by its purpose to power financial inclusion, is pleased to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work® for the second year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Pathward. This year, 86% of employees said Pathward is a Great Place To Work – 29 points higher than the average U.S. company* and an eight-point improvement over Pathward’s own 2023 results. Find Pathward’s certification profile at GreatPlacetoWork.com. Great Place To Work® describes itself as the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation

Pathward Earns 2024 Great Place To Work Certification™

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pathward®, N.A., one of the nation’s leading financial empowerment companies driven by its purpose to power financial inclusion, today announced that its Senior Vice President of Risk, Process and Performance for its Banking as a Service business line, Nichole Price, has been named to American Banker's 2024 list of The Most Influential Women in Payments. The award celebrates senior executives guiding the future of the global payments industry, while also examining topics of leadership, mentorship and inclusion. American Banker will celebrate those who earn a spot on the 2024 list during its annual Payments Forum, taking place later this month in Hollywood, Florida. “The payments industry is intricate and dynamic. Successful leaders need more than a keen understanding of the current landscape — they need an eye for innovation and the ability to be agile in both thinking and execution,” says Daniel Wolfe, Content Director of Payments and Credit Unions at American Banker. “These women embody the resilience, savvy and shrewdness it takes to lead, and their accomplishments are nothing short of remarkable.”

Pathward’S Nichole Price Named To American Banker’S Prestigious List Of The Most Influential Women In Payments

ATLANTA, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Global branded payments provider Blackhawk Network (BHN) announced today that it has raised $1 million for Habitat for Humanity International through the sales of its Giving Good® gift cards.Launched in 2020, Giving Good cards are a line of gift cards that brings together top retail and restaurant brands onto a single gift card, with a portion of its load-value directly supporting some of America's top charitable organizations including Habitat for Humanity. Retailers across the U.S. feature Habitat-branded gift cards on display racks. For each Giving Good card purchased, three percent of the amount loaded onto these cards1 are donated to Habitat for Humanity in support of its mission of building homes, communities and hope around the world.As the most requested gift for nearly two decades, according to the National Retail Federation2, gift cards give consumers the ability to provide meaningful gifting experiences for recipients. Holiday research from BHN also found that consumers have an increasing desire to make a positive impact in their communities through their gift-giving

Blackhawk Network (Bhn) Raises Over $1 Million For Habitat For Humanity To Support Building Homes, Community And Hope Around The World

AUSTIN, Texas  SIOUX FALLS, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ouro and Pathward®, N.A., today announced a multi-year extension to their longstanding partnership. Pathward, a U.S.-based financial empowerment company driven by its purpose to power financial inclusion, continues to serve as an issuer for Netspend prepaid and debit products and other card brands in Ouro's portfolio under the agreement. Ouro is the global financial technology parent brand created when Rêv and Netspend joined together to reignite innovation in financial services for consumers worldwide. Ouro and Pathward will collaborate on product innovation and expanded product offerings for a range of programs in market and under development. “Our partnership runs deep, and we’re proud to continue working side-by-side with the leadership team under the new Ouro parent brand,” said Anthony Sharett, president of Pathward. “An early fintech pioneer for the unbanked and underbanked, Ouro has renewed its commitment to pushing the envelope on innovation and speed to market, and the continuation of our alliance highlights the value our longstanding partnership brings to that endeavor.”

Ouro And Pathward Extend Netspend Issuer Partnership

Pathward, N.A., a U.S.-based financial empowerment company driven by its purpose to power financial inclusion, announced the expansion of its partnership with TabaPay, a money movement platform for merchants and leading fintech brands.The firms first announced partnering in 2020 and “the deeper alliance provides added money movement capabilities to Pathward’s partners as they seek to integrate faster payment solutions to meet evolving consumer expectations.”By connecting to the TabaPay platform to perform push and pull payments for its partners, Pathward aims to “build on its expansive Banking as a Service offering to provide fintechs a more complete end-to-end solution.”Current capabilities include payment, issuing, acquiring, processing, credit, and tax solutions.Pathward’s Divisional President of Banking as a Service, Will Sowell, explained:“Leading players from across the fintech ecosystem are looking for an easier way to move money. TabaPay is one of the leading payments platforms providing a frictionless path to push and pull funds to make payments instantaneous. Pathward looks forward to expanding our partnership as we jointly drive toward making the financial system accessible for more consumers and commercial arrangements regardless of how they transact.”Through the TabaPay platform, Pathward’s partners will be “able to perform account-to-account transfers, corporate disbursements, account loads and unloads, and payouts instantly.”The company’s all-in-one processing platform is “designed to support any use case and payment medium.”With TabaPay, customers gain access “to a comprehensive suite of payment solutions that simplify processing, liquidity management, reconciliation and settlement, and provide least cost routing, among other processes critical to the payments ecosystem with a unified API.”Manoj Verma, Co-founder and CRO at TabaPay, said:“Partnering with Pathward, a leading bank to fintech firms, payfacs, ISOs, and other merchants, aids in our mission to make money movement instant. Together, we can empower their partners across all industries with faster payment options and best-in-class rails that meet the ever-evolving needs of today’s consumers.”As noted in the update, TabaPay claims it is “a leading money movement platform for scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient instant payment solutions.”TabaPay processes over 1 million transactions daily “on behalf of more than 2,500 clients in the U.S. and Canada and provides merchant acquiring, instant payments, and services across the payments ecosystem.”Through its unified API, customer “gain direct access to 15 banking partners, 15 network connections, and full-stack payment processing which, enable flexibility while eliminating redundant processes.”

Fintechs Pathward And Tabapay To Enable Money Movement Solutions For Clients

At the 400th home celebration, HFOT honored Marine Lance Corporal Alberto Flores. Alberto Flores joined the military to support his family, and quickly fell in love with the camaraderie and brotherhood he shared with his fellow Marines. On May 12, 2005, Lance Corporal Flores was on his second combat deployment in Ramadi, Iraq when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. He sustained severe damage to his right leg. Due to multiple infections, his leg was amputated above the knee. Alberto received his prosthetic leg at Brooke Army Medical Center, relearning how to walk over a six-month period under the guidance of his physical therapy team. "Commitments from our partners like ACE Cash Express help get more severely injured post-9/11 Veterans into the specially adapted custom homes they need and deserve," said Tom Landwermeyer, HFOT President/CEO and Brigadier General, USA (Ret)

Ace Cash Express Teams Up With Homes For Our Troops To Support Our Veterans

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